District 86 is at the cutting edge of technology, both in the classroom and in the infrastructure supporting the deployed computers.  The backbone of the system is a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 clustered environment, using Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Gigabyte Fiber.  In District 86, there are over 2000 PC’s and more than 4500 users.  Several miles of cable, dozens of hubs and numerous other networking devices link all the machines together. All District 86 students have accounts on the network, along with Outlook email accounts. There are also as many as 100 additional software packages that are available for student use.