Case Study: Kenton County School District achieves scalable, cost-effective, surge-ready BYOD WiFi with Avaya

Turning WiFi and Internet Resources into Powerful Educational Tools

Kenton County School District, serving 14,700 students across greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, needed a scalable, budget-conscious wireless strategy to support its growing BYOD program. District Technology Coordinator Vicki Fields faced heavy, variable demand—often thousands of concurrent devices—and required granular, real-time reporting to avoid unnecessary access point purchases while keeping classrooms connected and compliant with filtering rules.

Working with Avaya, the district deployed a Gigabit Ethernet/PoE backbone and migrated from Avaya Wireless LAN 2300 to the 8100 Series, ultimately installing nearly 300 APs that cover 900 classrooms with built‑in spare capacity. The result is wider coverage with fewer drops (lower cost per user), detailed device and traffic reports for targeted expansion and budget accountability, reliable handling of traffic surges (holiday device influxes and a 1,000‑student event) and improved access to rich internet resources for teachers and students.

Kenton County School District

Vicki Fields

District Technology Coordinator