Case Study: Middleton Cross Plains Area School District achieves faster emergency response and coordinated alerts, bells, and paging with Singlewire Software’s InformaCast

Middleton Cross Plains Area School District - Customer Case Study

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD), a suburban Madison, Wisconsin district serving ~7,000 students across 10 schools and several non-school facilities, faced challenges coordinating safety and daily communications across eight municipalities and multiple first‑responder agencies. Their aging public-address system and the need for fast, targeted alerts and easy coordination of bells and internal responses made schoolwide and districtwide emergency communication difficult.

Singlewire’s InformaCast provided a centralized, easy-to-use solution that leverages the district’s existing Cisco VoIP phones to enable one-touch lockdowns that auto-lock doors, 911 call monitoring with instant alerts and recordings, classroom “call for help” buttons, silent 911 for receptionists, targeted paging/intercom, and web-based bell scheduling. The result was faster, more targeted emergency responses, streamlined daily operations, improved staff and student safety, and cost savings by using existing infrastructure.

Middleton Cross Plains Area School District

Tom Wohlleber

Assistant Superintendent of Business Services