EDTECH: What is St. Vrain Valley School District focusing on this school year?
BOURGEOIS: We’re focused on telling the stories that share how our schools and programs provide our students with a competitive advantage, which has been dubbed “the #StVrainAdvantage.” You’ll see this theme throughout our district social media and in the “Superintendent’s Update.”
For example, “St. Vrain offers nationally recognized signature programs that are first of their kind, including Four P-TECH Programs, Pathways to Teaching, Mobile Innovation Lab, Cybersecurity Mobile Lab, Underwater Robotics Programming, Student Drone Performance Team, Advanced Manufacturing Academy, Toyota TECS Program, and Artificial Intelligence Student Team,” Superintendent Jackie Kapushion wrote in the update.
EDTECH: It sounds like there’s a lot going on, especially related to technology. When did your team begin planning for this school year?
BOURGEOIS: The Technology Services team begins planning for the new school year in January. We review any upcoming refresh projects and budget needs in the early spring so that we can ensure we have the right resources and budget requests in place for success.
WATCH NOW: Fund K–12 initiatives with creativity and advocacy.
For example, we received feedback from schools and parents last year that led us to select a new web filter. Our goal is to balance the students’ ability to explore and learn beyond the curriculum with an obligation to ensure their exploration is safe and learning-focused.
This year, we’re using Securly and have been pleased with the initial rollout. I’ve even received a few kind notes from parents thanking us for taking their feedback into account as we adjusted our filtering approach.
EDTECH: What are your and your team’s goals for the 2025-2026 school year?
BOURGEOIS: In Technology Services, we begin each year with a set of priorities that become the focus of our efforts. This year, we’re setting our sights on three areas: modern systems, empowered users and actionable insights.
Our focus on modern systems means we “drive efficiency and security to support learning and business with a future-ready technology core.” To ensure empowered users, we aim to “unleash the full potential of every user with seamless support and intuitive digital experiences.” And the drive for actionable insights requires us to “illuminate every decision with actionable data intelligence, built on a foundation of usability and security.”
These three areas become the focal points for the work of our team as we ask, “What are the projects and outcomes that will help our district advance?”
