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Lee's Summit R-7 School District
School replaces old network with 19k APs, security, and switching devices in 3 months
Industry
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K-12 Education/Primary Education
Products
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MR - Meraki Wireless -
MS - Meraki Switching -
MX - Security & SD-WAN
Solutions
- Networking
Highlights
- Top Midwest school district quickly deploys over 1,900 Cisco Meraki devices
- Reliable, high-density wireless supports Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education
- Administrators set content filtering policies for different user groups on MX
Overview
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, just outside Kansas City, MO, teaches over 18,000 students and employs over 2,000 staff throughout 30+ sites in the district. They’re recognized as one of the top educational systems in the nation and have won Missouri’s Distinction in Performance award. Lee’s Summit R-7 School District uses Cisco Meraki access points, switches, and security appliances to cloud-manage a network throughout the entire school district.
Original Networking Challenges
- Aging infrastructure with few network management capabilities and little to no visibility
- Needed a more reliable network that could support growing technology initiatives in the classroom like Google Apps for Education
- Required a high-density solution to meet the needs of a growing student population
Why Cisco Meraki
- Cloud-based dashboard provided scalability not found with controller-based solutions
- Flexible configurations make it simple to quickly create and modify group SSID policies for students, teachers, and guests
- Email alerts and the Meraki mobile app make network management and troubleshooting simple and accessible from anywhere
The Deployment
- Over 1,900 Cisco Meraki wireless, security, and switching devices deployed in a single summer
- One access point placed in every classroom to support high density Chromebook usage
- Device, time, and role-based SSID policies configured specifically for the unique needs of teachers and students
- Enhanced security via Active Directory group policies on the Meraki MX security appliance
- Meraki MS switches enable quick per-port configuration changes through Virtual Stacking
Our educational technology upgrade could not have been possible without the total infrastructure upgrade that we did with Meraki.
Dr. Amy Gates
Executive Director of Technology
Results
- Reliable, high-density wireless supports classroom activities, including Google Apps for Education
- Flexible security policies ensure that resources are available anytime and are accessible by the right individuals
- Ongoing Meraki feature enhancements provide a future-proof network
- A planned move to a 1:1 model in the future