Poudre School District Installs State-of-the-Art Wireless Networking on All Campuses
The award-winning Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado has 26,000 students and over 3,500 staff and faculty. The district, covering 1,856 square miles in northern Colorado has 32 elementary schools, 10 junior high schools, 6 high schools, and 2 charter schools. Poudre School District exists to support and inspire every child to think, to learn, to care and to graduate prepared to be successful in a changing world. Its mission statement is clear: Educate... Every Child, Every Day.
Requirements
- Support large number of connected users throughout all campuses
- Cost-effective and energy-saving technology to improve collaboration and learning between students and teachers
- Minimum devices installed with ability to support network computers and Braille Sense devices
- Scalable to grow from mobile laptop labs to laptops for every student
- Easy management and long term ROI
Benefits
- Advanced security measures to control students' access times
- High-performance Wi-Fi coverage and full signal-strength guarantee
- Controller based solution to support roaming and QoS
- Fewer devices installed to result in less cabling, switch ports, installation time, cost and maintenance
Savings
- Ratio of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional access points
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1:5 |
- Number of additional access points saved
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2,934 |
- Number of additional cable runs saved
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2,934 |
- Number of switch ports that saved
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2,934 |
- Average power savings per year (kWh)
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326,135 |