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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Customer Name:
Denton Independent
School District
Industry:
Education
Location:
Denton, Texas, United States
Number of Employees:
3000 (approximate)
Challenge
• Provide safe, secure learning environment
• Offer high-quality learning experience to
• Offer high-quality learning experience to
diverse student population
• Help enable teachers and staff to be more
mobile and productive
Solution
• Implemented complete security solution
based on Cisco Physical Security
• Enabled fast, efficient meetings anywhere
with Cisco Jabber
• Empowered innovative content delivery with
Cisco Collaboration technology
Results
• Implemented innovative “flipped” classroom
approach
• Improved collaboration for staff and teachers
while minimizing travel time
• Helped ensure high level of security at all 44
district buildings
Challenge
If you walk around the picturesque square of the City of Denton, Texas, you might
be surprised to discover that this is the center of one of the most innovative
K-12 school districts in the country. This north Texas city of more than 113,000
people is rightly proud of the excellent job done by the faculty and staff of Denton
Independent School District (ISD).
be surprised to discover that this is the center of one of the most innovative
K-12 school districts in the country. This north Texas city of more than 113,000
people is rightly proud of the excellent job done by the faculty and staff of Denton
Independent School District (ISD).
And it’s a big job, in a number of ways. Jamie Wilson, superintendent of schools for
Denton ISD, reels off the statistics: “We have approximately 26,000 students, and
it’s growing,” he says. “This year alone we added 1200 more. And our district is one
of the largest in Texas, covering more than 180 square miles.” Add in the shrinking
budgets that are typical of K-12 education today, and it is even more remarkable
that Denton ISD has achieved so much.
Denton ISD, reels off the statistics: “We have approximately 26,000 students, and
it’s growing,” he says. “This year alone we added 1200 more. And our district is one
of the largest in Texas, covering more than 180 square miles.” Add in the shrinking
budgets that are typical of K-12 education today, and it is even more remarkable
that Denton ISD has achieved so much.
Technology Goes to the Head of the Class
Ernie Stripling, technology information officer, points to technology as a significant
factor in Denton’s educational success. “When I came here in 2000, Denton was
on the cusp of moving into a new era of technology,” he says. In his role, he was
charged with helping to define the infrastructure that would support the educational
goals of Denton ISD.
factor in Denton’s educational success. “When I came here in 2000, Denton was
on the cusp of moving into a new era of technology,” he says. In his role, he was
charged with helping to define the infrastructure that would support the educational
goals of Denton ISD.
Stripling had a long and successful track record of building networks around Cisco
solutions, and he drew on that experience to help shape the future of his new
hometown. “I knew that the network would be the foundation for everything that we
wanted to do,” he says. “Once you have the right network, everything else falls into
place.”
solutions, and he drew on that experience to help shape the future of his new
hometown. “I knew that the network would be the foundation for everything that we
wanted to do,” he says. “Once you have the right network, everything else falls into
place.”
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