Dysart Unified School District
Encyclopedia
Dysart Unified School District is a school district
in Maricopa County, Arizona
. It serves the towns of El Mirage
and Surprise
.
based operating system from the proprietary Microsoft Windows
. The executive director of business services for the district estimated that the switch saved the district nearly $108,000 in what would have been used to pay for an annual license fee for the Windows OS and Office software. The upgraded systems were approximately five to six years old, and were said to be too old to invest in upgrades to the latest Microsoft product. After revisions in April 2010, the Arizona Department of Education
now requires public and charter schools to consider free and open source software
in development of new IT plans.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
in Maricopa County, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
. It serves the towns of El Mirage
El Mirage, Arizona
El Mirage is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to Census 2010, the population of the city is 31,767.-Geography:El Mirage is located at ....
and Surprise
Surprise, Arizona
Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid growth has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%...
.
Elementary Schools
Elementary schools in this district serve grades K-8.- Ashton Ranch Elementary School
- Canyon Ridge Elementary School
- Cimarron Springs Elementary School
- Countryside Elementary School
- Desert Moon Elementary School
- Dysart Elementary School
- El Mirage Elementary School
- Kingswood Elementary School
- Luke Elementary School
- Marley Park Elementary School
- Mountain View Elementary School
- Parkview Elementary School
- Rancho Gabriela Elementary School
- Riverview Elementary School
- Sonoran Heights Elementary School
- Sunset Hills Elementary School
- Surprise Elementary School
- Thompson Ranch Elementary School
- West Point Elementary School
- Western Peaks Elementary School
High schools
| Information | Dysart Dysart High School Dysart High School is a coeducational public secondary school in El Mirage, Arizona, United States, serving students in grades 9–12.-History:... |
Shadow Ridge Shadow Ridge High School (Arizona) Shadow Ridge High School is a high school in Surprise, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Dysart Unified School District. It began playing varsity sports in the first week of September 2010.... |
Valley Vista | Willow Canyon Willow Canyon High School Willow Canyon High School is a high school in Surprise, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Dysart Unified School District.... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | El Mirage | Surprise | Surprise | Surprise |
| Year opened | 1963 | 2009 | 2006 | 2003 |
| School colors | Red, white, black | Burgundy, gold, black | Purple, black, silver | Midnight blue, silver |
| School mascot | Demon | Stallion | Monsoon | Wildcat |
| Principal | Roberta Lockhart | Michael Hawkins | Dr. Tammy Hall | Anthony Capuano |
| Enrollment | 1668 | 825 | 2304 | 2169 |
Information Technology
In December 2009, Dysart Unified School District became the first Arizona School District to switch nearly one-third, or 3,000 of their desktop computer systems to a LinuxLinux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
based operating system from the proprietary Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. The executive director of business services for the district estimated that the switch saved the district nearly $108,000 in what would have been used to pay for an annual license fee for the Windows OS and Office software. The upgraded systems were approximately five to six years old, and were said to be too old to invest in upgrades to the latest Microsoft product. After revisions in April 2010, the Arizona Department of Education
Arizona Department of Education
Arizona Department of Education is an Arizona state agency overseeing public education. It is headquartered at 1535 West Jefferson Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States.-External links:*...
now requires public and charter schools to consider free and open source software
Free and open source software
Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...
in development of new IT plans.