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Article: Head of the class: CIO Kevin Palmer employs value-added services to solve critical network problems for his growing Missouri school district.(Missouri's Francis Howell School)(Cover Story)
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- Communications News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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When Kevin Palmer took over as chief information officer of Missouri's Francis Howell School District two years ago, he was confronted with a mixed bag of poorly operated networks and technologies. The sprawling school district's communications network was a jumble of obsolete electronics and non-standard cabling and wiring.
One of the largest public school districts in Missouri, Francis Howell School District has 26 school and administrative buildings serving 26,000 pre-kindergarten-12 students, and encompasses more than 150 square miles. An estimated 2,200 teachers and staff are employed through the school district's four high schools, five middle schools, 10 ...