Case Study: Staples-Motley School District achieves peace of mind and secure cloud hosting with Skyward

Minnesota District Finds Peace of Mind with Skyward & Secure Cloud Hosting

Staples-Motley School District, a long‑time Skyward customer (using Skyward’s Student Management Suite and School Business Suite), faced growing technology demands—most notably a new 1:1 device program—that strained an already overworked IT team. Hosting Skyward on‑premises meant staff were tied up with backups, hardware maintenance, security, and software updates, leaving the district vulnerable to data loss and inadequate disaster recovery.

Skyward systems were moved to ISCorp’s secure cloud hosting so Skyward updates, backups, monitoring, and disaster recovery are handled offsite. As a result, Staples‑Motley reports freed IT time, cost savings, a more reliable online experience with ISCorp’s 99.5% uptime guarantee, daily backups and a 24‑hour recovery assurance, and greater confidence to support remote work and future migration to Skyward’s Qmlativ platform.

Staples-Motley School District

Craig Waldvogel

Information Technology Coordinator