Education

Imagine a community where students, parents and teachers can access student grades, class schedules, report cards, progress reports and homework assignments any time, any place, wirelessly.  That community is being built…

CCISD

In September 2006, the Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) entered into an agreement with the CCDCDC to establish a pilot program at Cullen Middle School for use of the (WiFi) Network to further the educational purposes of the District and determine the feasibility of using the (WiFi) Network throughout the District.  A design plan was developed to accomplish the goal of utilizing the (WiFi) Network to enable wireless broadband connectivity over the campus of the CCISD pilot school (Cullen Middle School).  The CCDCDC will assist with implementation of the design plan and agrees to allow use of the (WiFi) Network to link the CCISD network from the CCISD designated pilot school (Cullen Middle School) through City Hall back to the CCISD Technology Services Center.

The pilot is intended to provide a means for teachers, students and parents to use portable, wireless devices on the Cullen MS Campus.  All students and teachers were provided laptops and have access to an electronic collaboration application.  In addition, CCISD will reroute Internet traffic from Cullen Middle School to the TSC building via the (WiFi) Network, thus allowing a decrease in high utilization of network bandwidth within the CCISD WAN Link.  CCISD will also test the ability to direct traffic through the (WiFi) Network, while ensuring data integrity.  

The pilot is anticipated to be completed by summer 2007.  If the pilot proves successful, we hope to expand the concept throughout the district, consisting of 62 campuses.