Case Study: Osceola County School District achieves enhanced school security and controlled access with dormakaba

Osceola County School District - Customer Case Study

Osceola County School District, a Florida district of about 57,000 students with a high percentage of limited-English and low‑income families, faced rising security concerns after violent incidents and needed to keep unauthorized people out without turning schools into fortresses. To balance safety with day‑to‑day access for early‑arriving staff and food service workers, the district selected dormakaba’s E‑Plex Enterprise system with wireless E‑Plex 5700 locks (installed and supported via Kaba Access & Data Systems Americas).

dormakaba deployed more than 300 E‑Plex 5700 locks with wireless antenna kits, ZigBee gateways and central Enterprise software—typically 5–10 locks per school—so administrators can monitor and program doors in real time and issue emergency lockdown/unlock commands without visiting each door. The rollout increased ID‑badge compliance, gave principals confidence to request additional locks, improved parent/teacher/student perceptions of safety, and eliminated much on‑site lock maintenance; the system also supports large user and audit capacities (e.g., up to 3,000 users and 30,000 audit events per lock).

Osceola County School District

Mark A. Munas

Assistant Superintendent