One-Man IT Staff Builds Support for K–12 School from the Ground Up

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School is not a typical K–12 campus. When SVAHS Technology Director Joshua Shearer recently upgraded the school’s wireless network, he provided faster, stronger Wi-Fi connectivity, both in traditional classrooms and in unique learning environments, including barns full of goats, pigs and other animals.
The public school in Northampton, Mass., educates 550 students across 15 vocational programs. These include culinary arts, which features a fully equipped kitchen and restaurant, and automotive technology, where students get hands-on training in an auto…

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