As far as the technology infrastructure, um the district made its uh I got here in 2013. At that time, we put in the first master plan um uh network uh across the district. We spent about a million dollars back then um to doing that. Um that put fiber throughout the entire district. Um but well, sorry, not the entire district, just one campus. Um and in 2018, we were able to come back and do the entire rest of the campus there and put us on a 10 gig backbone. um which is very substantial for where we're at and what we can do um and takes us well into the future probably for at least another decade or so. Um on that um and um as part of that with our infrastructure we have servers. It's important to note that these items that are on this list here um whether we end up going back to a one to one or not these are items that have to be purchased.
It doesn't matter if we have five people on a server or uh 2,000, we still need these items on here as well. Um, as far as the wireless access points go, uh, we actually are uh replacing all of the wireless access points this summer throughout the district through um, and by using funds to do that. Um, we'll save about $220,000 for that and have a brand new mesh wireless system throughout the entire district. Um, and some of those access points are from the original 2013 build as well. Um, so on the last bond, we didn't even have enough um money in that bond to do a full complete wireless here. Uh, next up we have our campus safety and security. Um, one of the biggest needs we have here of course is our paging system has been been defunct for some time. Um, and speaking of SFD funding, uh that came up earlier, this was a project that has just completed at the end of 2025.
Um, that saved uh BR about $1.3 million. Um, and put in a single intercom, not intercom, paging system throughout the entire um throughout the entire district. Um, it's a modern system that can be um joined in with like our fire alarm goes through it. Everything is attached to it now. So we can do messaging through it, all kinds of stuff. Um, and so our camera system, um, is very weak. We have it up. I think that system when we put in with the last bond, we only spent about 200,000 on that system. So it's it's not a great system to start with and now um, you know, it's approaching eight years is eight years old now. It's probably a model year older than that. So again, we're running on another decade there. Um, so we're looking at security cameras. Um those are they're saying the high end on that for us would be about 1.7.
Um and then the other things for us is the door keys and locks. Um and when we're talking about safety items especially like um um active incidents like active shooters uh to this point yet there has not never been a door breached knowing known that a door has been breached during an incident um and had somebody lose their lives. So, it's incredibly important that we keep those doors locked, that we keep those doors shut, um, and that we keep keys secured. Um, and one thing that we've noticed is that we have locks, um, handles that, uh, door handles that don't work correctly. Um, keys that you can find find walking out in the parking lot, you find a master key sitting on the ground, those types of things that need to be resolved um, for the safety of our students and staff. Um, and that's really all I have uh for tonight.
If anybody has any questions, there's just a a final breakdown of all of the um anticipated costs. And again, these are more MSRP than they are negotiated prices. >> I have I have two questions. One, I assume that there's probably a camera system between 200,000 and 1.7 million. >> Yes, sir. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And we would definitely, again, these are just numbers that we're just trying to say this is the max that it would cost us to put in. And then the doors, the door locks, are those um technology related or or you just kind of put that in there? >> They're not. I just picked up the safety security thing most of the time. Yeah, it's just something I do. >> Doesn't really fit in with the computer stuff, but I take it. So is mine. So, >> well, the Yeah, the cameras fit in with the safety and security stuff, so it's logical.
But as we all know, um, when campuses around ours were built, safety and security wasn't as big of an issue as it is in 2026. And so I think that's an important thing um that we invest money into getting those things shored up. >> I have a question. >> Oh, go ahead. >> For the infrastructure for the you said, >> turn your mic on. >> Coaching voice. Um, for 2018? Did you mean for the next 10 years from 2018 or the next 10 years from right now? >> Yeah, we should be 10 years from right now. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, at least 10 years. I'm I'm probably thinking more like 15, 20 even. Yes. >> Great. Thanks. >> I don't know if you can answer this or if Courtney answers this. How much does it cost us for network connections, our bandwidth so that we can test students on a yearly, monthly basis?
Well, um I don't know the exact number right off, but pays 80% of it for us. Um which is sad because Courtney and I just met about this because we just were looked at renewal rate renewals a month ago or something the 90 days of April as they call it has uh I've lost my memory with that one. >> Yeah. I'm just curious because I know it's not cheap. >> Yeah. And we had to up our bandwidth because kids weren't able to complete their state tests in the time allowed by the state because bandwidth was so slow. >> Yeah. >> Which brought test scores way down because kids got bored trying to sit there go to the next question. >> When I arrived in two 2013, we had a 1.5 megabit connection. 1.5. Yes, sir. >> Yeah. Is there do is testing on uh computers is that our only option?
Is there no more paper testing? >> So, right now um the state is going out for an RFP for new testing. And one of the things that's been bounced around and the legislature is allowing um schools to possibly take that paper option, but as of right now, it's it's electronic. Well, you think they'd have they you think they'd have results a little faster since we're doing it on a computer. But >> well, the interesting component to that is they want they want to do an adaptive test on paper. And so I'm really interested to see how that would work and if any vendors would actually put in for that because I remember when I was a kid, I really enjoyed a choose your own adventure book, but I don't know how that works with state testing on paper and pencil. Choose your own adventure. So we'll see.
I mean, it's 2026. Who knows? Anything's possible. We just did a trip around the moon, so who knows? Okay. Are there any so public comment? Any questions? Board, do we have any more questions for Nathan or comments about technology safety? I see someone coming up.
So, we'll start your three minutes. go ahead and identify yourself and we'd love to hear what you have to say or ask. >> Hi, Curtis Jones. Um, we've lived here for 15 years. Both my kids graduated from here except for our daughter's first year and a half of school. They were here the whole time. Just one question about the, you know, onetoone laptop thing. I don't know if you guys are aware, but there's some data that suggests that, you know, kids having laptops doesn't help with education. Um, and so, you know, both our kids had laptops. they were both here during COVID and I didn't see any plus to it. So, I think that we may be able to use that money for something else. >> Yeah, that's a thank you for that comment and I think that's why we're um we're bringing together that committee to decide how to integrate technology into the classrooms.
Some of the things that we're or integrate technologies in our school system. Some of the things we've already started talking about is we used to have computer labs at the elementary school. And so instead of one to one, you know, we can have labs to where our students um and and I was even there with Miss Butler yesterday, room 110 and 111. They actually have a really cool uh escape room um made for the kids right now, so the kids can do some project-based learning stuff, which I thought was amazing. But um putting back together a lab so that they we can sign up for labs. And you know, Miss Butler had a great comment on this. And I think if we just talk and listen to people, we can come to the the best common sense um solutions that are better than any one person can come up with.
But she said, you know, as a teacher, if you have one to one, you're more likely, you know, go ahead, flip open your laptops and whatever for different activities. But, you know, if you wait and you have to schedule it out and go to the lab, you have that those authentic uh learning experiences. So, we're in agreement and we're looking at the research with that. There's some um some of the first schools to do it to go um computer-f free now after computers have been in Silicon Valley. So people who work in the computer industries also recognize that, you know, there's a certain time and place, but overuse of technology in the classroom can be detrimental to kids. And so I think that's something we're ready to acknowledge and take a look at. You know, once again, we need them for state testing, but then we don't need them to play games.
That's not a thing we should do. So thank you for your comment. Appreciate that. Any other comments or questions? come on up. State your name and your business. >> I just wanted to clarify that last statement. So, they did just pass a law here in Arizona, SP 3300 that went into effect in January. Your state testing can be done on paper. Just your ACT, your ACT, Aspire, and your AP have to be done on the computer. But every, according to that law, we do have state testing that we can do right now on paper. So, just wanted to fill you in there. >> Thank you. And since we just finished state testing, um, you know, we did do it all on computers, but Miss Hoffmeer, who's our district testing coordinator, will make sure that we have all options available next year. Thank you. >> Jonathan, I have a question.
How many how many what is our student population in the elementary school combined total? I can pull up the report on my phone from this morning, but it's what about 800, Miss Butler? How many how many students do we have at the elementary school as of right now? >> 780. >> And then how many compared to the rest of the school district then everybody else outside of the elementary school, what are we looking at for student population combined? About the same. So I believe this morning was right about 1570 is our total student K12 student population. So if there's 780 you know that's about half of them at the elementary school. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any other comments, statements? Come on down. state your name and >> Merlin Larson here in uh the district. So my question is with regards to the laptops with regards to the one to one.
What is the the plan for getting the information out with regards to this bond with what the choice is from the district to the taxpayers with regards to what they're going to do because I'm there's that's going to be contingent on whether or not I support the bond and some other issues. So, I'd like to know before because that's a big issue for me. >> Great. And I think that's why we're putting this committee together and we want to have answers as far as the techn just to clarify the technology piece is gonna sway you one way or another. >> Yeah. Well, well, I will tell you as a district, one of the results coming out of the committee is we will not be supporting students to play games on laptops in the classroom. I can guarantee you that because that that will be one of the non-negotiables that I'll put in there.
Um, but I think within the next few months we can come to some common sense solutions on what that looks like on how to integrate technology. Um and so part of that will be taking a look at how many computers we need because if we have failing computers and we need to do certain things and some of it's teacher computers, some of it's student computers. Um so even if we put a lab in the elementary school purchasing computers for the labs so we will have to have some um computer and infrastructure purchase even if it's for a lab because our technology is aging. But I think we're going to be somewhere in between um no games and what are the things we have to do and we will be looking at labs and we're interested in people and hearing their voice for that comm uh committee whether it's you want to commit to a committee or just give us some written feedback on how you feel about that work.
But we should in the next few months because we want to make sure by next school year we have that in place. So we'll have that in plenty of time before a November election. for the board to approve a bond, we it has to be specific. We just can't uh throw a dollar amount out there. It has to be a specific number for this, specific for this, specific specific for that. It can't just be a total, oh, we're going to bond for $50 million, and we're not going to tell you how we're going to spend it. It has to be a line item there. So to answer that question, we're >> and that and that's what we're trying to do now is is try to get that down to the >> trying to accumulate some knowledge and that's why we're asking for feedback because feedback's really important.
You got to remember I just graduated from Snowflake High School so I don't have a whole lot going into what decisions I'm going to make. And that's okay. >> I graduated from >> Well, that answers a lot of my questions, Mr. I'm just kidding. I just confirmed it. >> See, the newspaper's not here, so I can say that. >> Well, and and and I appreciate and I'm sorry we'll have you come up. I appreciate this discussion because you know, there's books and I know there was a Senate hearing this past week and um you know, the anxious generations out there and just technology in general, how it's affecting our our children of our community. And we want to look at that and we want to make wise decisions for our children of our community. Whether it's technology or recess time, we want to do what's right for our kids with the latest research.
>> Thank you. >> Hi, I'm Rachel Watson. I'm not a graduate of Snowflake. Uh, shallow actually a little while back. Um, I just have a few clarifying questions as far as looking at safety for our students. You had mentioned kind of the firewalls. They're able to get past those. Is that something that's part of the bond and uh looking at ways to make sure that kids are safe while they're getting on? >> You talk about the content filter. >> Uh, yeah. >> Yeah. Our content filter is very robust. the boss was speaking about uh cool math games and so we're a public school district so we can't block things just to block things. Um it's a first uh amendment violation for us uh free speech violation um and would cost us some serious money um on that and so we can only block things for certain things.
That's uh compliance like security um we can have fura which is the education records um SIPA which is the child internet protection act protects children 13 and under from harmful things stuff like that. So when they're able to get to cool math games there's nothing in cool math games that allows us to block it legally. Um, and so that then it becomes a classroom management issue. So it's not that they're getting past our web filter necessarily, but maybe past their teacher. >> And I think it is just called Cool Math, but it there's no math. I think it is games, but I think the website is just called Cool Math. And I'm sorry to point them out as the example, but yes, >> there is tons of those websites out there. Uh, I do know that. Um, there are a couple of things though. Have you guys considered can you whitelist things?