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  Griswold Operations Center
22727 Griswold, South Lyon, MI  48178		  
  Mission Statement
In support of our community, the mission of South Lyon Community Schools is to provide the highest quality educational process, so that all students can excel as individuals, and become contributing members of society.		  
     
 

 

Three Year Plan

  

Technology
22727 Griswold Road ● South Lyon, MI  48178 ● (248) 573-8910

DATA COMMUNICATIONS
  • CISCO networking equipment
    *  “end-to-end”
    *  Switches (10/100/1000)
    *  Routers
    *  Proxy
  • Gigabit fiber backbone between all buildings
  • Minimum of 12 strand multimode fiber strands to each building
  • Dedicated OC3 filtered access to Internet from all classrooms and offices
  • Each building on dedicated LAN within Wide Area Network
  • HP/COMPAQ LAN and WAN servers operating with Netware
  • Automated network Back-Up on multiple day schedule
  • SkyWard Student Information Data Base hosted by third party on secured, dedicated servers
  • Over 2900 PC workstations operating Microsoft Windows XP
  • Network services including email and server storage provided to all staff members
  • Ericcson phone switches
  • Cisco IP Phone system
  • Phone traffic distributed on fiber across Gigabit backbone
  • Emergency UPS and cellular phone backup in all buildings for use during power outage
  • Four-digit dialing district-wide in district
  • Every phone can dial out within immediate area codes
  • Every building on separate trunk line
  • Every building has one or more direct fax lines
  • Voicemail roll over on phones for all staff currently maintaining over 400 mailboxes
  • Voicemail accessible from outside district
  • GroupWise email accounts provided to each employee.
  • Email accounts accessible both in and out of district
  • Email and phone directories provided to public
  • District information available through public access web site
VIDEO STAFF DEVELOPMENT
  • Internal district owned video distribution system over fiber Gigabit backbone
  • 16 channels of redistributed content including satellite
  • 3 dedicated channels for distributed prerecorded video
  • Each building provided with individual distribution channel
  • Each building equipped for two-way video conferencing access
  • High School hosts full production video broadcast studio for distribution and instruction
  • Video professional development available throughout district
  • Video distribution of streaming and archived video content available at computer workstations.
  • Training provided via distributed video as well as hands on sessions at each building
  • Strong curriculum technology development program as part of five year curriculum planning cycle
  • In service available during release time, building meetings, summer workshops and on demand
  • Technical staff provides training on basic operating and skills only
  • Curriculum staff provides training on curriculum-technology integration, management, and assessment
  • Secondary research labs supervised by trained lab assistants
  • Staff member has network access from every teaching station
SUPPORT STAFFING
  • Technical staff headed by Technology Director with educational and technical back grounds
  • Network administered by a fulltime certified network administrator
  • Field technicians trained in specific and general technology disciplines
  • Internal Help desk administered by trained and experienced assistants
  • Full time Certified Technician responsible for software configuration and distribution
  • Full time Certified Technicians responsible for work and service orders on workstations
  • Part time Student Internship program utilizing High School and college students.