CSD’s Computer System Melts Down

Item: Coeur d’Alene School District’s servers damaged /Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Waiting for a reply to an email you sent to someone at the Coeur d’Alene School District? You should send it again, along with any other important electronic communications sent to a school district email address in the last few weeks. A power surge or outage seriously damaged two critical servers, and knocked the district’s email system off line sometime late Friday or early Saturday. The situation, deemed a catastrophic failure, occurred despite battery back-up and protection on the server. “We’ve got power surge protectors all over the place,” said Wendell Wardell, the district’s chief operating officer.

Question: When did your computer last melt down?