Case Study: Medina City School District achieves secure, manageable BYOD and blended learning with Extreme Networks

K-12 School District Implements BYOD and Incorporates Blended Learning Curriculum with Extreme Networks Products

Medina City School District, serving over 7,800 students, faculty and staff across 13 campuses, needed to replace a 12-year-old network to support a BYOD initiative, reliable indoor/outdoor wireless and centralized management for a one-person IT staff. The district selected Extreme Networks and deployed IdentiFi Wireless APs & Controllers, NetSight, OneFabric Control Center, Mobile IAM and D-/S-/B-Series switches to enable blended learning and secure, manageable connectivity.

Extreme Networks delivered a unified wired/wireless solution providing campus-wide Wi‑Fi, BYOD authentication and single-pane visibility so one administrator can manage 3,000+ personal devices and monitor the entire 7,800-user district. The rollout produced a stable, secure network, significant productivity efficiencies, drove heavy adoption (about 98% of available bandwidth in use), and helped Medina City School District become one of seven Ohio schools chosen to pilot a five‑year blended learning program.

Medina City School District

Jack Howell

Senior Network Engineer