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Director of Technology Dustin Ruffell's staff photoDirector of Technology

Dustin Ruffell

Welcome to the Patrick Henry Technology Page!

The mission of the Patrick Henry Technology Department is to Support The District To Enhance Students! We are one of the only departments that affects every aspect of school culture and we want to see it grow positively! Our staff of approximately 2.5 people loves what they do!

To contact me by phone, you may call 419-274-1876. If you reach my voicemail, it may take a few days for me to respond due to the number of people we serve (students, staff, parents, and community).

You may also email our entire technology department at techdept@phpatriots.org. If you would like to reach me personally, you can use the staff directory to send me a personal email. 

#PHStrong
Dustin Ruffell
Director of Technology / CTO 

Meet the Rest of the Team

Integration Specialist Linda Hummer's staff photo

Linda Hummer
Integration Specialist, Computer Teacher K-4 

Technology Assistant Justin Wilson's staff photo

Justin Wilson
Systems Administrator, Hardware Specialist

Student Data Privacy

Patrick Henry Local Schools values the privacy of its students, staff, and families. Data privacy is your right to keep the digital information about you and your person private. We are committed to being trusted caretakers our of personal information within our roles. This includes reviewing resources to ensure they conform with district expectations. Patrick Henry Local Schools encourages students, staff, and families to become educated on data privacy and security.

What is Data Privacy?
Take Control of Your Data
Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between
CIPA: Children's Internet Protection Act
COPPA: Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
PPRA: Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
Senate Bill 29
House Bill 432


  • Please be aware that the District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: location tracking and student interactions with school-issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.

  • Below is the working list of our technology provider contracts/services and their corresponding educational records. Patrick Henry is a member of the Ed Tech Leaders Alliance and we utilize the state and national Data Privacy Agreements with our vendors as appropriate and available. Through the state of Ohio and Ed Tech Leaders Alliance membership, Patrick Henry is also member district of the Student Data Privacy Consortium, which is part of the Access 4 Learning group.

    Access the list of our technology contracts. This list has to be provided by August 1st, 2025 (per SB29). It will be updated each summer by that date and will receive continual updates throughout the school year as we add/remove Data Privacy Agreements and their related services.

    Patrick Henry Technology Providers and Data Privacy Contracts