Datel to provide services for new Bonsall portable classrooms

Datel Systems, Inc., has been given a contract to provide data and telecommunications services for the two new portable classrooms at Bonsall Elementary School.

A 4-0 Bonsall Unified School District board vote July 14, with Lou Riddle absent, approved a contract worth $18,741.37.

"The teachers have made that shift integrating a lot of computer applications to accelerate learning and things have to come on when you flip that switch," said BUSD superintendent Justin Cunningham.

The installation will provide a 25-pair voice feed cable for telephone and 12-strand fiber optic cable for data which will connect the main data frame located in the BUSD administration building to a new intermediate data frame located in one of the new portable buildings.

"The technology in use in the classroom was requiring far greater connectivity," Cunningham said. "The expectations of bandwidth are continuing to escalate."

The contract also includes installation of a wall rack and a mount surge protector along with a rack-mounted uninterruptible power supply. The hardware also includes a 48-port Cisco switch and copper cabling. The contract calls for 14 data drops in each room and allows for additional data drops to be installed for $260.00 apiece.

Last year, Datel was the successful bidder to provide and install networking and wireless equipment for the portable classrooms on the site of Sullivan Middle School and Bonsall High School.

"Datel Systems has done great work for us," Cunningham said.