Board approves new district technician and director-of-technology role; superintendent cites roughly $70,000 in savings

Superintendent Kimberly presented a two-part technology restructuring plan the board approved: creation of a district technician position and reclassification of the current instructional-technology coach to a 260-day director-of-technology to handle year-round device reimaging and oversight.

Kimberly said the technician job description in the packet included a hiring pay range listed as "between '22 and '28" (as presented to the board) and that the technician would report to the district technology director (Chris Painter) and ultimately to the superintendent. She noted the district may consider hiring the current 5 Star technician if contractual noncompete issues can be resolved.

On the director-of-technology change, Kimberly said moving Chris Ford from a 205-day instructional-technology coach contract to a 260-day director position will support the heavy summer device work and district needs. She estimated the restructuring and reducing the broader 5 Star contract to engineering/oversight would save the district "north of $70,000" annually; she also described a roughly $17,000 increase in salary cost tied to moving the employee to a year-round position.

Board members asked about supervision, ticketing of tech issues, and how on-site tech requests are triaged; Kimberly said the district uses a tech ticketing system to log and prioritize issues and that principals remain the local point of contact for building-level problems. Both job descriptions were approved in separate votes (each carried 5–0).