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 CASE STUDY WEST DENVER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL |
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| Customer Profile: |
In August 2006, West Denver Preparatory
Charter School began their first year
for kids in grades 6-8 for the Southwest Denver communities. |
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| Business Situation: |
The new school needs a complete computer system design to academically support faculty and
students. |
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| Solutions: |
BNC built and designed an IT solution which included network setup, hardware procurement and support
for 11 faculty computers and 25 student lab computers. |
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| End Result: |
The customized solution utilizes the
latest application platforms supporting
structured academic curriculum for
faculty and students. Continued IT
support will allow the school to constantly make upgrades to expose
students to the latest technology available. |
The mission of West Denver Preparatory Charter School
is to prepare students for educational excellence
from middle school to college through demanding education
of high standards, structure and accountability.
The school’s rigorous curriculum
focuses on academic basics while helping students
benefit in the long run from longer hours, additional
homework and a strict
code of conduct.
BNC
was contacted to design and implement a new IT solution
supporting the vision of the school. The solution
proposed implementation of a reliable network infrastructure for students
and faculty to utilize throughout the school year. Faculty would receive
new Dell Latitude laptops loaded with Windows XP
Office 2003 Professional Academic Edition. These Laptops
would also allow users to connect wirelessly to the
Internet and server through a Virtual Private Network
using a Wireless Access
Point and T1 Router. A proposed Cisco Firewall would
protect the network from Internet based attacks.
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student lab would accommodate one fourth of the student population
featuring 25 work stations. BNC proposed Dell Dimension
computers loaded with Windows XP Microsoft 2003 Student
Teacher Edition. Work stations would be integrated
with speakers and optics to minimize desktop footprint
and system failure from abuse. Internet access would
pass through an Iprism Internet Content Filter to prevent
students from exposure to inappropriate material and
control content to disable P2P type
networks. The internet filter would log and report
users in an Active Directory domain.
To allow
for future growth for the school, a Dell Poweredge Server
was proposed to accommodate more students and faculty
as needed. The Windows domain Active Directory server
is able to handle multiple applications to authenticate
users,minimize
administration by automating Symantec Antivirus updates
and expedite workstation updates as needed. A dedicated
Microsoft Exchange Server utilizing the same Dell technology,
would allow faculty to sync locally or remotely with
the server to send/receive
e-mail, access personal and centralized contacts
and view/schedule calendar functionality.
The
school accepted the proposal with implementation to begin
in late July to accommodate the school’s academic year. Partnering
with BNC allows engineers to focus on the technological
aspect of the school, while faculty focuses on the
curriculum and students. Upon completion of the new solution,
BNC implemented our real-time monitoring and alerting
systems to help ensure reliability and quick response. Engineers
continue to monitor and support the solution on an
ongoing basis.
We provide proactive technical support, training,
maintenance and will strategically plan to continually
utilize top technology
applications to support the mission and values of
West Denver Prep Charter School.
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