E-Rate Form 470

Vendor FAQ

Funding Year 2025

This page was created for vendors responding to any recently filed Form 470(s). 

If you have further questions not answered above or on the Form 470 itself, please send an email to Jerry Stanley, Director of Technology, at jstanley@marionunit2.org.

Tell us about the school district:

Marion Unit #2 is located in Marion, IL – 125 miles southeast of St. Louis, 320 miles south of Chicago.

The district is comprised of 5 elementary schools (4 – K-5 and 1 – K-8), one Jr. High, one High School and a central administration office.

Enrollment fluctuates slightly from year to year (and during the year) but the current year’s fall enrollment count was approximately 3800 students.

Please describe your current Internet connectivity.

Currently we have 2 Internet connections.  2 - 20 GB fiber connections.  All  7 buildings  and the district office are connected by either a 1GB fiber connection or a 3GB fiber connection with a multi-point to point network thru ProTek Fiber.  Our contract runs through June 30, 2030.

Describe your current website and/or email hosting environment.

We currently use the Google email system for district employees. We also  offer student email accounts through Google.  Our archiving service is handled through Google Vault.

We have a full 1:1 environment from Kindergarten thru 12th grade.  We use chromebooks and our wireless system is Ruckus.

Adams/Creal Springs, Lincoln, Longfellow, Washington, Jefferson, Jr. High, High School  and our District Office are using Ruckus Cloud based WIFI.
We are in year 3 of a 5 year contract.

Additional Information:

Sonic Walls

NSA 5700      18C2414B00A7      Marion High School

NSA 5700      18C2414A71F5   Marion Jr. High School

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Thank you for your interest in Marion Unit #2.