Bridgeport Public Schools improved Wi‑Fi reliability by replacing its aging Cisco wireless network with **Extreme Wi‑Fi 7 access points** managed through **Extreme Platform ONE**.

The district had been dealing with:

• Slow speeds
• Dropped connections
• Frequent classroom complaints
• Very limited visibility for a small IT team

To address this, they:

• Deployed **Wi‑Fi 7 access points** across the district
• Adopted **Extreme Platform ONE** as a centralized, AI‑driven management and visibility layer
• Used setup wizards and templates to complete a smooth migration from Cisco without disrupting instruction

With Extreme Platform ONE, the IT team now has **AI‑powered visibility, automation, and centralized control**, which helps them:

• Monitor network health in real time
• Quickly pinpoint the source of issues
• Optimize performance for classrooms and campus systems

This combination of Wi‑Fi 7 hardware and an AI‑enabled platform has reshaped how the district runs its wireless network, turning it into a more reliable foundation for teaching, learning, and daily operations.

Extreme Platform ONE significantly reduced the time and effort Bridgeport’s small IT team spends on wireless issues.

Before the change, the Director of IT was handling **several wireless-related tickets per week**, often spending **hours** walking the campus to diagnose problems because there was little real-time visibility.

After deploying Extreme Wi‑Fi 7 and Extreme Platform ONE, the district saw:

• A **dramatic reduction in wireless support tickets** (they were nearly eliminated)
• More than **90% faster troubleshooting**, with issues that once took hours now resolved in **minutes**

Key enablers of this time savings include:

• **Live diagnostics** that surface issues immediately
• **Remote management** of access points, so many problems can be solved without visiting classrooms
• AI‑powered insights that highlight misconfigurations or device issues, such as mis-association, much more quickly

As the IT director put it, Extreme Platform ONE has been a “lifesaver,” providing insights he never had before and saving him **hours of time** while keeping classrooms connected.

Extreme Platform ONE helps Bridgeport Public Schools support both instruction and operations by giving the IT team centralized, AI‑driven control over a growing number of devices and applications.

On the **teaching and learning** side, the network now reliably supports:

• Digital learning tools and cloud applications
• Online assessments
• Instructional video and classroom collaboration

On the **operations** side, it underpins:

• Security cameras
• Access control systems
• Campus communication technologies

Extreme Platform ONE makes this manageable for a small IT staff by providing:

• **Centralized management** of Wi‑Fi 7 access points across the district
• **AI-powered insights and automation** to quickly identify and resolve issues
• **Fine-grained tuning** for individual classrooms while maintaining consistent district-wide policies

This flexibility is important in K‑12, where each classroom can have different device counts and usage patterns. By moving from reactive troubleshooting to proactive monitoring and optimization, Bridgeport has:

• Strengthened wireless performance
• Reduced network-related support tickets
• Improved the overall learning experience with fewer connectivity disruptions

In short, Extreme Platform ONE helps the district reimagine network operations so the wireless infrastructure supports, rather than interrupts, the flow of classroom instruction and daily campus activities.