Board briefed on Adobe K12 renewal; staff to add usage dashboard to control costs

Staff presented a standard renewal for the districtwide Adobe K12 suite and described plans to deploy a usage dashboard that will track logins and allow staff to consider rostering by course to reduce licensing of inactive accounts.

Presenters said last year’s Adobe cost was about $27,000 (roughly $4.91 per user) and that year-over-year increases had been modest; because Adobe does not supply detailed usage statistics, the district will use an internal dashboard to measure who is actively using the software and adjust licensing practices as appropriate.

Board members asked how the district would get usage statistics and whether specific classes justify licensing; staff said the dashboard will provide better data and allow targeted rostering for classes such as art to limit costs.

Next steps: staff will provide usage data and a follow-up report to help the board weigh licensing and budgeting decisions.