Board hears of bumps in school beginning, parent concerns

Change continues to be a theme at Humble ISD as the school board discussed the new normal of educating students with asynchronous learning, bringing in a new nutrition director, and the possibility of changing board committee procedures during the August board meeting. While some of the meeting was centered around celebrating the changes and work that went into them, portions of the meeting were spent explaining some of the hiccups and difficulties that have been included in the implementation of the changes.
Among the issues explained during the meeting was the cyber-attack that occurred on the very first day. Though some attendees were suspicious of there ever being an “attack” on the system, Executive Director of Technology Dustin Hardin said “[The district] would not lie” about something like that. According to Hardin, when the issue was brought to the attention of the district, an outside agency was brought in to diagnose the problem. The expert said the “information is consistent with a TCP Syn flood attack.”

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