Washington County School District

Washington County School District Chooses Xirrus for District-wide Wi-Fi


Southern Utah's Washington County School District, established in 1915, services 41 public K-12 schools in a 2,425 square mile area. The District services the communities of St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Ivins, Hurricane, LaVerkin, Dammeron Valley, Central, Veyo, Pine Valley, Leeds, Hildale, Virgin, Enterprise, Springdale, Toquerville, and Winchester Hills. WCSD prides itself on quality education with a mission statement of “Together: Pioneering New Horizons in Teaching, Learning, and Leading”.


Requirements
  • Provide students and faculty high-speed Wi-Fi network access
  • Support heavy loads from wireless computer carts
  • Extend reference materials where libraries are limited
  • Flexibility to grow with increasing wireless user population
  • Remain within District's budget

Benefits
  • Maximum coverage, bandwidth, and student capacity with fewer devices to deploy and manage than any other Wi-Fi platform
  • Ability to wirelessly access all types of educational content using computers in and out of the classrooms
  • Advanced security measures to control student access times
  • Considerable cost savings
  • Support and technical expertise of knowledgeable the Xirrus Account Team

Savings
  • Number of additional access points saved
168
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
168
  • Number of switch ports that saved
168
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
20,202