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Tom Drago

Monday, February 4, 2013

Ex-Easton Schools Tech Director Target of Search Warrant

Tom Drago, who resigned as EASD technology head last year, is suspected of invasion of privacy, wiretapping violations.

Police suspect former Easton Area School District employee Tom Drago accessed his colleague's computers without their permission, copied documents that may have contained student information, made an unauthorized recording of a closed school board meeting, and may have taken photos of a female school employee's breast, according to a search warrant filed by Forks Township Police. Forks Township police began investigating Drago—who no longer works for the school district—earlier this year. Drago was in charge of technology for the school district for 11 years. So far, Drago—who helped draft the district's policy on acceptable use of technology and Internet before his resignation last year—has not been charged with any crime. "The …

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Easton Schools Look at New Computers, Web Service

Technology director proposes upgrading Easton's internet service.

Tom Drago had one word for the internet service at the Easton Area School District: slow. "You try to watch a movie in our district…you try to go to YouTube, to watch something educational…it is horrible," Drago, the district's director of technology, told the Easton Area School Board Tuesday night. Drago proposed an upgrade in the district's internet service, from 50 mb to 125 mb.  It would cost the district more to get a faster network, from about the $2,000 a month it pays now to $3,320 a month. He noted that the district is saving $22,000 by terminating three interal circuits. Drago's presentation also included information about the district renewing its computer lease with Apple. The $1.1 million lease -- which the school board will …

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