Thank you, everyone, for your feedback. I will take this to the UEN leadership for discussion. Since these items take a while to process on our end, I would suggest you go ahead with what you have planned, and I will keep you updated.

Also, we are proceeding with an RFP for Google Education software. This will take a long time, but hopefully by this time next year we will have something. I will keep you posted. There are many items happening in the state legislature that could change the landscape in the next few months.

Cheers,

 

Justin

From: Jared Covili <jared.covili@jordandistrict.org>
Date: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
To: Darren Draper <darrendraper@alpinedistrict.org>
Cc: Justin Brooksby <jbrooksby@uen.org>, software-advisory-k12@lists.uen.org <software-advisory-k12@lists.uen.org>
Subject: Re: [Software-advisory-k12] Re: Keyboarding Software

I'd echo what we've been hearing from others.  We currently use free versions of typing software, but would certainly be interested in looking into alternatives.

Jared

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM Darren Draper <darrendraper@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:
We pursue free options for this but would definitely consider a better alternative if reduced pricing were available.

-Darren

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Darren E. Draper, Ed.D.
Administrator of Technology and Digital Innovation
Email: darrendraper@alpinedistrict.org
Phone: 801-610-8564



On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM Justin Brooksby <jbrooksby@uen.org> wrote:
This is not a space UEN has traditionally been in. What are your thoughts? Is this a space where UEN might be able to help get pricing down? Is there enough agreement among LEAs for a single or multiple award? How does your district fund this?


Cheers,

 

Justin Brooksby

Associate Director

Ed. Tech Solutions

 

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