Real-time tracking software will soon help parents stay in closer contact with their children coming and going from school in one Louisiana district.

Three school districts in the state were hacked, leading Gov. John Bel Edwards to issue an emergency declaration.

Planning is now underway for a training and education center to be located on the Bossier Parish Community College campus near Shreveport.

Without E-rate funds, "we may not be where we are now," said the tech director of a district that recently launched 1:1 and implemented online testing.

Nesmith has shepherded school systems in the state as they navigate "one of the most restrictive student privacy laws in the nation."