Case Study: Painesville City Local School District enhances security and cafeteria efficiency with HID Global Fargo ID card printing

Privacy and Security are Enhanced at Painesville City Local Schools with addition of Fargo ID cards

Painesville City Local School District faced a challenge with its inefficient and time-consuming ID card production process, which delayed access for new faculty and created an embarrassing situation for students eligible for free lunches who were identified publicly. Needing to bring card production in-house to enhance security and privacy, the district turned to HID Global and implemented their Fargo DTC500 Direct-to-Card Printer/Encoder and SmartGuard access cards.

The solution from HID Global enabled the school to instantly print durable, dual-sided ID cards for both students and faculty, integrating barcodes and proximity technology. This resulted in card production time dropping from a month to under two minutes, significantly improving security and operational efficiency. A major measurable impact was increased participation in the federal lunch program, which raised the government's reimbursement for the school's telecommunications costs to 84 percent.

Painesville City Local School

David Schade

Director of Management Information Systems