Case Study: Lubbock ISD achieves 1:1 learning continuity and equitable access with Dell Technologies

Learning continuity and equity blossom in Texas South Plains

Lubbock ISD, a 49-campus K–12 district in the Texas South Plains serving about 27,000 students (nearly 75% economically disadvantaged), faced three main challenges: providing equitable access to technology and the internet for in- and out-of-class learning, ensuring secure, productive endpoints for roughly 3,100 teachers and staff, and reducing the IT burden of managing a sprawling Windows footprint. The district partnered with Dell Technologies, deploying Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure, VMware Horizon VDI and Dell Chromebook 3100 2-in-1 devices to support student-centered learning and simplify endpoint management.

Dell Technologies enabled a rapid shift to a 1:1 model—issuing Dell Chromebooks for at-home learning—and ran VDI on VxRail across two data centers (using eight of 17 VxRail nodes) to give teachers, staff and about 3,000 CTE students secure access to Windows apps like Unity, AutoCAD and Adobe from anywhere. The result: uninterrupted learning during the pandemic, more equitable access to virtual resources, greater teacher proficiency with instructional technology, and significant IT efficiencies—Dell reports the VxRail HCI cut data center space requirements and administrative burden by about half.

Lubbock ISD

Cary Fulgham

Digital Learning Coordinator