The Virginia case study school district is primarily suburban and growing with 166,600 students on 241 campuses. Recent district technology initiatives include new help desk and dispatch software, application integration middleware, upgraded student information system with related school server upgrades, consolidation of two email systems to a single groupware and related email application, an upgraded web site using a student management system for teachers to post information for students and a process for the community to sign up to receive email notices based on interests, intranet services for use by school staff (includes HR benefits and personal information, forms, news, etc.), and an e-learning infrastructure set up as an online campus for students requiring individual or home-bound instruction.
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