The district has a robust, high-speed fiber, 1GBps wide-area network (WAN) between each school building that leads to the high school where a 10GBps fiber connection pipes data to the Internet.

 

The vast majority of the district's devices connect to the network wirelessly via a Ubiquiti Unifi Wireless Local-Area Network (802.11ac) that began installation in 2021 and will be fully deployed by the end of 2022. We will also be replacing all of the district network switches in 2022 to the Ubiquiti product line, for standardization and security purposes. 

 

The district will complete the installation of outdoor Ubiquiti BaseStation access points on the rooftops of each building by the end of 2022. This will allow for additional outdoor Wi-Fi connectivity. In addition, Mediacom and the City of Rock Island are looking to expand coverage with our partnership.

 

We have focused on ensuring all educator classrooms have the ability to wirelessly present for audio/visual display, or have a smartboard device to enhance the educational opportunities for the students. All students are provided with a Chromebook device and can connect to the district's ROCKfi wireless signal in the buildings.

 

The district maintains its Children's Internet Protect Act (CIPA) compliance by providing premise-based and off-site content filtering. While staff and student devices are on-site, the district's Palo Alto Firewall provides content filtering services.  All student-issued Chromebooks and protected off-site via GoGuardian content filtering services. 
 
Please go to the Student Data Privacy area to learn more about this topic.