Case Study: Wild Rose Public Schools achieves 100% wireless coverage and simplified, zero‑touch network management with Cisco Meraki

Wild Rose Public Schools - Customer Case Study

Wild Rose Public Schools, which serves about 5,400 students and 650 staff across 20 locations in Alberta, faced growing demand for student Internet access, limited IT resources, and a geographically distributed network spanning roughly 200 km. After pausing a traditional controller‑based deployment, the district evaluated Cisco Meraki and chose Meraki access points and switches for their cloud‑managed simplicity and centralized management.

Cisco Meraki deployed more than 350 Meraki APs and Meraki switches with a cloud dashboard, virtual stacking, one‑click packet capture and zero‑touch firmware upgrades. The Meraki solution delivered 100% wireless coverage on the same budget that would have only achieved 50% with the prior single‑antenna design, eliminated routine site visits, and freed about three hours per day previously spent on network maintenance — dramatically reducing management time and improving operational efficiency.

Wild Rose Public Schools

Jaymon Lefebvre

Network Architect