The School District of Greenville County has in place a long range Facilities Plan for the construction and renovation of our schools. This includes a recently signed Construction Agreement that provides for more than $700 million in improvements scheduled over the next several years. The Plan provides new and renovated school facilities with a total permanent capacity of 71,096 students.
The Facilities Plan is the result of years of work involving thousands of people -- citizens of our community, advisory committees, educational and technical consultants and our own district staff. Through their efforts, the physical and educational needs of school facilities were identified and evaluated.
When a school is slated for new construction or renovation ETS in coordination with the school staff, the facilities department, and other district departments begin the long process of planning for the technology needs of that new facility.
Many issues need to be considered when a new construction begins such as cabling, electronics, integration of old equipment with new and determining what new equipment will be needed.
When a new school is up for renovation or new construction, ETS is typically involved from the very inception. When the Architect has a rough set of plans sketched out a meeting is held with the Architect, ETS, contracted cabling designers, engineers and project managers to design the proper pathways and infrastructure to ensure that the schools data and voice cabling will meet the requirements for years to come.
Many smaller meetings between ETS and the school staff will also be necessary throughout the construction process to evaluate the schools current technology and determine how to integrate existing equipment with a new system. ETS also serves as a consultant to schools that are faced with many technology-purchasing issues during this time.
When the school is complete the school will now have a cabling infrastructure that carries a 15-20 year warranty and can handle that locations data needs far into the foreseeable future.