Curious on whether it is practical in this area to supplement the fiber with directional wireless solutions. I worked in a mostly rural county where microwave was the only cost-effective way option to reach certain areas. For the underground fiber plant, I hope there's plenty of slack to deal with fiber cuts. That'll prevent some costly restorations. Also, hope the plant isn't chopped up too much or the db loss will creep up. I agree with a previous person's post on renting the conduit. In a previous role, we made money just leasing strands on a few of the ribbons in the cable bundle to supplement backbone networks. Only challenge with those is meeting restoration SLAs. Also, managing the fiber plant with a OSP tool is key for managing fiber faults. Keep moving forward!

Teaching students about online security should be done at a very fundamental level. Unless the student is very interested in that topic, a basic understanding is all that is necessary to prevent malicious attacks. Take a cue from the workplace, and provide an security workshop or online training sessions for the student to take when he or she starts each school year. It is not necessary to mandate coursework in this area; this would take valuable time away from more crucial learning, such as math, science, English, etc. Better IT policies should be implemented and enforced by school boards. Use of Internet security and privacy protection software should be in place, if it is not already.