Final Deliverables

Executive Summary
**All information contained in this blog is for educational purposes only

Project Overview: In 2011 the Monroe Township Board of Education will introduce a brand new 150,000 square foot high school which will serve as the primary high school for over 2,000 students in both Monroe Township and the town of Jamesburg.

In the fall of 2008 the Board of Education, along with the superintendent of the district, asked the Technology Department to begin the task of planning an information system for the new high school. The plan was to not only complete a powerful information system for the new school, but it was also to improve on technologies that the district currently has. Over the next three months the members of our department, Eliot Feldman, Faith Kariuki, and Janneth Campoverde will perform extensive research for the planning of this new information system.
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Faculty Council Concerns for
Information System at New High School

The Faculty Council and Board of Education have expressed 10 issues that are concerns for the information system at the new high school. The following pages examine these concerns and present a solution to each problem.

1. Wireless Access is either slow and or intermittent throughout the district. Because all teachers and several other staff members will depend on wireless connectivity to perform their jobs, it is imperative that the wireless network is improved. This is a must for the new high school as well.

Solution: The new high school will have a total of 60 Enterasys Roam About RBT-4012 Access Points. This will cover the 150,000 square-foot area inside the school. Unlike the current high school, which has just 25 access points, the RBT-4012’s will be located at every 50-feet of hall-way space. The signal strength on the RBT-4012 is improved over the 3000 series, so the connection frequency will be strong and dependable.

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Network Security Concerns for New High School

The faculty, staff, and students have all expressed different concerns for the security of the infrastructure at the new high school. Since the district will have have eight schools and over 5,000 users it is imperative that security is improved.

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Database For Inventory & Purchasing

1. When the user opens the database for Orders and Inventory tracking this will be the inital screen, where as you can see it offers different options.

2. One of the main tasks will be to make orders from different suppliers. To make an oder they will have a Purchase Order Form as follow:

3. The previous form will generate an order that can be send online, or via fax.

4. The database is also designed to keep track of the inventory transactions, with this the users will be able to know how many units are in hand, units received, and a total amount units.

Also one of the many different reports is called Product Transaction Detail, which will show the different transactions by products.

Early Deliverables for IS Project

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
DESIGN FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS BLOG IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

The Network: The school will receive its data link with a T-3 connection from the current high school, which will be called Woodcrest Middle School after the new High School is finished. For backup purposes there will be two lines running underground between the schools. One line will connect to the west wing of Woodcrest and the other to the south wing. Staff members have made it clear that the network connection should be fault tolerant.

Wireless Access: The entire school will have wireless connectivity as access points will be stationed every 100-feet throughout the school. Enterasys will be the company of choice for the access points as its power-over-ethernet and range capabilities have worked extremely well at our current schools.

Wired Access: Category-5 cabling will be used to connect classrooms and offices to the back-bone in the main server room. We will use the company Data Services, Inc. to run the cable through the ceilings and walls.

Grading & attendance: The new school will continue to use Genesis, which is currently used throughout the district.

Software: Images will include Windows XP w/SP3, Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe CS3 Suite. Other software will be decided on in the near future.

Desktops, Servers & Laptops: Hewlett Packard’s Proliant servers will be used for Domain Controllers and other services such as DHCP, DNS and RDP. Gateway desktops and laptops will be used for student use.

DELIVERABLES
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1. Gannt Chart
2. Inventory Outline
3. Security Report
   
4. ERD for Inventory Database
   

***As you can tell in the ERD for the Inventory Management, the Dabatase will include a file for Suppliers, Products, Categories, Shipping Methods, Purchase Orders, Inventory Transactions. This Database would not be only to manage the inventory for the construction of the network for the new high school, but with this database the high school will be able to use it to manage and make orders of different categories of products, such as desks, chairs, etc.

User of this database will be able to browse purchase orders, create new purchase orders, generate different reports such as:

• Product Cost Comparison
• Product Purchase By Supplier
• Product Summary
• Product Transaction Detail

Also, the user will be able to add or delete employees, suppliers, product categories, shipping methods. A main screen where orders will made will provide links to easy access all the above mentioned tasks, the database will be user friendly.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL

New HS Network Architectural Proposal

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In September of 2011, Monroe Township Board of Education will open a 300,000-square-foot, three-story building known as the new Monroe Township High School. The school will house over 2,000 students and 250 staff members and will be one of the largest public schools in state of New Jersey.

As the Network Operations Manager I have been assigned the duty to have this new building suited and capable to host a 700-computer network with wireless and wired access.

Our project will contain several deliverables which include a fully-detailed architectural map of the network, a working database used for purchasing technological needs during the building of the school, a report detailing the network’s capabilities and another report discussing the network security infrastructure.

The network will take on a similar approach to that of the design at the current high school which consists of 300 desktop computers and 200 laptops. Windows Server 2003 will be the primary server for many of the major services such as DHCP, DNS, RDP, E-mail, Active Directory and file management. Third-party software will be used for imaging, internet filtering and spam guard, while the new high school will connect to the rest of the district via a T-3 connection hosted by Verizon.

The database will be created in Microsoft Access and will consist of several forms detailing purchase dates, vendor information and product descriptions. This database will be maintained by the district’s tech office but will also be accessible over the organization’s network. The department will work hand-in-hand with the financial office in the purchasing of equipment for the new school.

Our office plans on completing this project by the December 15 of 2009.