Pembina Trails School Division is using outside experts to investigate “unusual activities” that were detected within its network system Monday morning.
In a letter to parents, Supt. and CEO Shelley Amos said some of the division’s systems, including phones, are offline as a result of the activities, which were detected by Pembina Trails’ information technology staff.
“We immediately contacted third-party experts to investigate. Our investigation is ongoing, and we will provide further updates as we know more,” Amos wrote. “Our schools remain open and classes are continuing. For urgent communications, you may continue using Edsby (software) and/or email your school directly.
“We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this and we sincerely regret any inconvenience.”
Systems were still offline Tuesday morning.
Secretaries are most affected by the outage, leaving them without computers, clocks and intercoms, an education source told the Free Press.
The outage will make future lesson planning difficult, they said.
“We’ve become completely dependent on these systems and when they’re down, most things come to a halt,” they said.
Amos wasn’t made available for an interview Tuesday, because she is “extremely busy” working to fix the “technical problems,” a division spokesperson said.
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