A focus of the NJSD Information & Technology Plan is the integration of technology and digital resources into the classrooms of NJSD to best impact student learning. To accomplish this end, it is critical for students and staff to have consistent and reliable access to age-appropriate information and resources.
Technology breakthroughs and updates to hardware, software, and instructional applications continue to accelerate. NJSD focuses on foundational applications and use of hardware that can navigate through digital resources with high levels of performance. The technology budget is a tool that to help forcast future trends, needs and to plan for what comes next.
Investments in updating infrastructure including wired and wireless networking, data storage, communication both internally and externally into the world, network security and safety and equitable access for students and staff through personal devices. These factors, as well as other operational expenses, are summarized through the projections below.