Technology

Our mission:
Enable teaching, learning, and efficient district operations through high-quality technology and support services.

Newark City Schools has a centralized information technology department serving over 900 faculty and staff across 16 facilities. We support the mission of Newark City Schools by providing a knowledgable, customer service-oriented technical team; leading-edge classroom technologies; highly efficient, high-speed network operations; cost-effective hardware and software solutions; and strategies to meet the instructional, administrative, and financial goals of our students, faculty, and staff.

The NCS IT department supports:

• A private, 10-gigabit fiber optic network interconnecting the district's 16 educational, athletic, and administrative facilities
• A wireless network utilizing 650 access points
• A 5-gigabit connection to the public Internet
• 10,000+ ChromeOS devices, including a Chromebook for every student
• Voice-over-IP services and 600+ phones
• The take-home 1-to-1 Chromebook program at Newark High School
• Students participating in off-campus learning
• Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 environments for students, faculty, staff, and administrators
• 300 Clevertouch interactive panels, and 100 additional LCD projectors and interactive devices in classrooms, including EPSON BrightLink
• A library of almost 100 apps and services for instruction, learning, communication, and administration
• Management of 200+ printers and multi-function copiers across our 16 facilities
• Administration of the district's student data privacy efforts
• Management of student-related Board policies