Furlong steps down as Director of Technology within WCS district

GRACE KOSTOHRYZ staff

For the past 12 years, Director of Technology, Rebecca Furlong, has collaborated with teachers, administrators and members of the Technology Dept.

At the Wooster Board of Education meeting on Jan. 24, Furlong’s resignation was accepted, effective Feb. 21.

Before becoming the Director of Technology, Furlong, who has worked in the WCS district for 22 years, taught math to eighth graders at Edgewood.

Working in one place for 22 years means there will be many experiences associated with the job. For Furlong, she notes the many positives experienced while working for WCS. “Staff, students and the Wooster Community are never satisfied with ‘average’; they are always looking to address challenges head on and use experiences and knowledge to do better every day. This mindset helps drive my motivation to do the same,” Furlong said.

It is important for the Technology Dept. to work closely with the rest of the district since technology is used every day. “Our school board, administration and staff have always been willing to embrace change in technology over the years and have supported many big projects,” Furlong said. One of the most recent changes for the district has been going one-toone with Chromebooks.

Furlong also notes the amount of drastic technological improvements in the last 20 years. “When I started as Director of Technology in 2009, there was no wireless internet access in the buildings, about 350 computers for students to share, no smart boards or document cameras, projectors sat on teachers’ desks, and Google Workspace didn’t exist