Olathe Public Schools Embraces IoT on New Network

THE Journal: The second largest and fastest-growing school district in Kansas, Olathe Public Schools (OPS), recently deployed an enterprise-grade WiFi solution to support a 1-to-1 initiative for more than 29,000 students and 4,000 faculty across 58 schools and 21 support facilities.

The school district first deployed a WiFi network in 2004, “installing 3Com access points in school libraries before wireless was in high-demand,” according to a case study. A few years into using 3Com, however, OPS experienced growing network demands from the influx of devices and implemented a trapeze network. The trapeze network later proved unreliable when the district started its 1-to-1 program. OPS needed to upgrade again to 802.11ac technology across all its schools.

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