Case Study: Charter Schools USA achieves unified hybrid IT and resilient uptime with Flexential

Hybrid solution and steadfast connectivity earn an A+ from educational organization

Charter Schools USA, a rapidly growing education management company with 69 schools, faced a costly, hard-to-manage IT landscape—each school ran its own network and servers—and its critical systems sat in a deteriorating HQ room with HVAC failures that threatened uptime and budgets. The organization needed a centralized, secure, and affordable IT model that could scale and withstand severe weather.

Charter Schools USA selected Flexential for a hybrid solution, colocating key systems in a hurricane-hardened Fort Lauderdale data center, establishing direct fiber and redundant connectivity, and using cloud services where appropriate. The migration consolidated 69 networks into a single enterprise domain with robust security, tested disaster recovery, near-constant uptime and responsive remote-hands support, reducing costs and strengthening the organization’s continuity and capacity for future initiatives.

Charter Schools USA

Bill Poirier

Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer