K-12 Education

Sprint knows the challenges K-12 institutions face. That's why we're leveraging our technology and partnerships to improve safety and security for students, to enhance operational and facilities management processes, and to bring learning beyond the classroom.

Student and Bus Tracking
Enhance transportation safety and efficiency
Sprint understands your need for a transportation program centered on student safety and operational efficiency. That's why we've partnered with Actsoft, Xora, TeleNav, Everyday Wireless and other top developers to provide routing and scheduling software. When combined with a Sprint device, these applications ensure that parents and officials know when and where each child enters and exits a bus. Video surveillance on buses is also beginning to evolve, which can be provided via Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network. If cost is a concern, we can help you find alternative sources of funding and discounts through Erate and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs).	Student and Bus Tracking > GPS Tracking Infopack > Paulding County Video Case Study > Paulding County Case Study >
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Severe Weather Alerts
Prepare for the weather. Protect your students.
Thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes and temperature extremes are several of the most severe weather conditions threatening the lives of our children. With Sprint and the WeatherBug® Protect solution, school districts receive a wireless weather alerting system that integrates the most advanced technologies to provide live, location-based notification of conditions that threaten the lives of students, faculty and staff.	Broward County Case Study > Weather Alert Infopack > WeatherBug Video Case Study >

Wireless Solutions for Employees
Make any place a workplace.
Sprint understands that all education workers need to be mobile to be truly productive. That's why we offer Sprint Mobile Broadband to streamline processes, control costs and enhance communications. Sprint Mobile Broadband devices and cards enable faculty to upload class information, IT staff to manage networks and maintenance staff to process work orders from virtually anywhere.	Sprint Mobile Broadband > Mobile Work Orders > Snoqualmie Valley Case Study >
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E-Rate Funding for Technology Purchases

Whether you're running a school or library, Sprint can provide up to a 90% discount on voice plans, text messaging, wireless data services and Nextel Direct Connect® services. Additional benefits include: All wireless communications needs integrated into one phone Receive a single invoice, thus reducing billing/payment issues Less training and inventory management needs Restrictions When applying for funding for Nextel Direct Connect service, please use the description "Nextel Direct Connect", not "two-way radio" or "Direct Connect®." Otherwise, your application will be rejected. To qualify for E-rate funding, each school or library "must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology to improve education of library services." (Excerpt from the School and Library Division Technology Plan Policies and Procedures) This strategy is documented in the school or district's technology plan.	E-Rate User’s Guide > Find Your E-rate SPIN Number > Schools and Library Division > Required Forms > Eligible Services List (ESL) > Contact E-Rate Helpline >
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Emergency Preparedness
Public Safety. Public service.
It's imperative that school district security and community First Responders work together in times of crisis. To ensure this - especially when public safety communications have to cross traditional boundaries - Sprint is fully capable of providing reliable, interoperable communications solutions like Nextel Direct Connect, Group Connect® and Texting. Plus, our Priority Connect service, which puts First Responders' Direct Connect calls ahead of others, can supplement your institution's existing communications systems. And our Direct TalkSM ensures Nextel Direct Connect service among compatible devices, within a range of up to 6 miles, during network outages and when out of network coverage.	Safety Solutions Video > Wireless Priority Service > Public Safety Solutions > Land Mobile Radio Interoperability >
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