2012 Pennsylvania School Board Association Conference Notes

Questeq recently attended the PSBA conference that was held this year in Hershey, PA. Many school board leaders and administrators from Pennsylvania attended the three-day meeting from October 16th – 19th 2012. The Questeq team had fantastic conversations with school districts from all over Pennsylvania. Our brand new display booth, giveaway and survey process was a huge success this year.

Questeq has attended the PSBA event for almost 20 years. This year seemed to be different as district after district showed up at our booth to discuss our outsourced technology management model. The common issue faced by every district we talked with is centered on reduced budgets, increased competition for students and an unclear vision of the future classroom and teaching model. Additionally we found the growing disconnects between the curriculum and technology departments are limiting the radical changes required to transform our public schools. The rising costs of health insurance and benefits like PSERS have board members and superintendents scrambling to find a solution to the skyrocketing costs of technology employees.

It feels like the education vertical is finally accepting and embracing the privatization of technology management in K12. Hopefully Questeq will experience the same success in Columbus, OH at the OSBA show November 11th-14th!