Barrington Transition Program Set to Join Barrington 220 WAN

The Barrington Transition Program (BTP) is set for a major network upgrade. At the December 6 Board of Education meeting, the Board voted to expand the existing space housing the program by acquiring the adjacent office space at 1525 S Grove Avenue. Along with the Board’s commitment to the BTP program at this location, the building now is equipped with point-to-point fiber optic cable services leading directly to the Barrington 220 data center. 

Once the final connections are put in place, network services to the BTP will become a part of the District's Wide Area Network (WAN), gain a 10-fold increase in speed, and provide more reliable Internet services to our staff and students there.

The overall cost of this project to the district is minimal, as 100% of the funding of the fiber optic cable installation was provided through the State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology K–12 Broadband Network program which leverages funding from the Federal E-Rate program.

The Barrington 220 Department of Technology and Innovation looks forward to completely integrating the BTP into our high-speed, high-availability network.