School district IT team wins accolade

Austin Independent School District has snagged an honor called the Texas K-12 Consortium of School Networking Council’s Team Award, in recognition of the district’s pioneering use of technology in urban schools. The award, which recognizes “individuals and school districts that demonstrate outstanding vision in the use of information technologies to improve student learning,” was announced by the Texas K-12 CTO Council, the state chapter of the Consortium of School Networking. The technology team at AISD is led by Kevin Schwartz and includes Erin Bown-Anderson, John Kohlmorgan, Les Ready and Lewis Wynn.