School District Portal Speeds Communications, Cuts Prep Time in Half for Paperless Meetings
Keller Independent School District, a fast-growing district in Texas, relied on e-mail for almost all communication and collaboration - and its Linux-based GroupWise system couldn't keep up. So, the district built an intranet portal based on Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Uptime has increased from 80 percent to 100 percent, sparking widespread portal use and earning immense popularity with students, faculty, administrators, and board members. As a result, meeting preparation time has been cut in half, printing costs have been reduced by 20 percent, and support calls are down by 90 percent, saving U.S. $300,000.
Keller ISD, based in Keller, Texas, is one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state, with 35 campuses serving more than 30,000 students.
Business Situation
The district relied on e-mail for communication and collaboration—with the result that the overworked system could not deliver the levels of reliability and usefulness the district required.
Solution
The district relied on e-mail for communication and collaboration—with the result that the overworked system could not deliver the levels of reliability and usefulness the district required.
Benefit
Portal use increased
Board meetings now paperless
Board meeting preparation time cut by 50 percent
Support calls down by 90 percent
Software
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
Quote
"We haven't had a single unplanned outage due to the software. When people know the portal will be there for them, they use it."
Vaughan Hamblen, Director of Network Services, Keller Independent School District
