2. The Benefits Of Software Maintenance Plans

3. Maintenance and Support Goals
of Webscape School District
 In compliance with NCLB effective maintenance and
support will be in place to address all problems in the
school.
 Improved development of skills for basic computer
hardware, software and Internet use.
 Ensure that the technology budget is sufficient to
acquire and maintain hardware and software and
support educational development for students.

4. Ensuring Effective Maintenance at
Webscape Middle School
Planning for technology maintenance at Webscape
Middle School use is driven by the systems and
applications that enable administration , staff and
students to support the school in achieving instructional
goals efficiently and cost effectively. The school is
functioning with upgraded equipment, technology
software resources, and maintenance served by
technology.

5. Hardware, Technology
Maintenance and Support
 Resources and processes in place to maintain school
technology and support.
 Characteristics of the technology staff (quot;They must be
able to focus on their roles full time, must have an
understanding of the educational processquot;)
 Must be proactive working on scheduled
maintenance, focusing on preventing rather that
fixing.

6. Ensuring Effective Maintenance at
Webscape Middle School
Creating a Help Desk with an appropriate schedule.
The district will require regularly-budgeted operations funding for
at least the following maintenance items:
 Hardware replacement on a 5-year cycle
 Consumable budget at the school
 Budget for the technology support program for repairs and
upgrade parts.
 Maintenance contracts for infrastructure. This budget should
take into account the eventual disappearance of e-rate funding
 District-wide software licenses as well as individual school
budgets for software.

7. WEBSCAPE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Approved Maintenance Budgeted Amounts
2009-2010 Technology
Computer Services $5,000
Equipment $ 8,000
Software Maintenance $3,000
Installation Labor $7,000
Equipment Repair $6,000
Data Services $5,757
Data Repair $1,000
Wiring $6,500
Norton Antivirus $4,500
Technology Software $10,000
Maintenance for Internal Connections $2,500
Cell Service $8,000
Network Maintenance $2,000
$69,257
Total Budget

8. Budget Information 2009-2010 School Year
This budget reflects the basic service of maintenance,
telephone connections and upgrading of the routers in
each location. In addition, part-time tech support, new
laptops, workstations, printers and instructional boards
were purchased for all the schools in the district.
These funds will be acquired from several grants
awarded by the district, state unrestricted revenue, and
local funds approved by the board. The technology budget
is sufficient to acquire and maintain hardware and software
and support professional development.

9. Repairs/Maintenance
The district provides for the timely repair and
maintenance of all equipment.
 Trained staff within the district will be responsible for the
maintenance of most of the district's equipment. These
identified staff members will receive at the district's
expense, adequate training.
 Outside contracts are maintained for specialized
equipment or major repairs.
 Staff at the school is/will be trained on the fundamentals of
preventative maintenance.
 A preventative maintenance schedule is conducted by
technicians.

10. Repairs/Maintenance Cont’d
 Effective measures will be put in place to ensure that
recurring maintenance will not be done before the
allotted time frame outlined in the technology plan.
 Ongoing inspections will be done to identify problems
and perform effective maintenance through out the
building.
 Identify, select, and maintain hardware and software
technology resources specially designed for use by 6-8
students to meet specific teaching and learning
objectives.