Internet Connectivity and Support for Schools and Districts
The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) administers BESTNet, one of California's largest internet connectivity networks for schools. BESTNet facilitates learning, communication, collaboration, and innovation among Sacramento's school districts. The network enables districts to access valuable information, and to collaborate and communicate with educational professionals worldwide. The network links 80,000 computers from 13 school districts in Sacramento County.
SCOE is also the entry point for all Sacramento County schools and districts into the California K–12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) statewide educational network backbone. SCOE has redundant 100Gbps “dark” fiber optic internet connections through K12HSN and CENIC.
Some of the districts and agencies that connect to the statewide educational backbone and the internet through SCOE include:
- Arcohe Union School District
- Center Joint Unified School District
- Elk Grove Unified School District
- Elverta Joint School District
- Folsom Cordova Unified School District
- Galt Joint Union [Elementary] School District
- Galt Joint Union High School District
- Natomas Unified School District
- River Delta Unified School District
- Robla School District
- Sacramento City Unified School District
- Sacramento Waldorf School (Fair Oaks)
- San Juan Unified School District
- Twin Rivers Unified School District
SCOE’s network links thousands of computers from the 13 public school districts in Sacramento County.