Washington County Public Schools

Xirrus High-Performance Wi-Fi Covers Washington County Public Schools


Located in Western Maryland, Washington County Public Schools has over 20,000 K-12 students and employes over 2,500 people across 46 campuses throughout the Tri-State area that includes nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia. WCPS offers the highest quality education ranking its schools with test scores above the Maryland and national averages.


Requirements
  • Support a unique Novell implementation
  • Provide seamless interoperability and increased capacity
  • Minimum devices installed with simple and transparent connection for users
  • Support for VOIP phone system

Benefits
  • Exception bandwidth and speed allowing for first-time State on-line testing to run smoothly and efficiently
  • Support for data and voice on single infrastructure
  • 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 Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional APs
1:4
  • Number of additional access points saved
453
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
453
  • Number of switch ports that saved
453
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
22,469