The Henry County Board of Education voted Jan. 14 to approve a bid for the purchase of wide-area network routing equipment to be placed at each school in the district and expand its fiber network, an initiative that is part of the current E-SPLOST program.

A request for proposals was issued, after which the district’s Technology Operations Department received and evaluated six bids for this project. Because it is a Georgia Department of Education E-Rate project, the county will be able to move forward at a sizable discount. Additional funding will come from SPLOST funds that have been marked for school upgrades. The cost for the project is $954,225 and the district’s total commitment is $427,347.

According to staff report, the equipment will be ordered in May and installed during the summer break.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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