Background
Daviess County Public Schools (DCPS), located in Western Kentucky, boasts a proud history of academic excellence. CTBS norm referenced tests indicate that they’re above the national average in every subject, at every grade level and in every school. However, there remained one caveat – the high school results, though impressive, were not improving and were actually declining relative to the other grade levels.
In an effort to raise the high school scores to par with the rest of the district, the eLearning initiative was proposed. The three phase initiative aimed at increasing student engagement planned to place a laptop in the hands of every student.
Challenge
Protecting 1,800 laptops is a daunting challenge. Initially, DCPS chose to use a neoprene sleeve. Regardless of who helped offset the financial burden caused by the damages, the academic process was suffering. These results were less than acceptable and led DCPS to search for an alternative laptop case to protect and ensure the safety of their investment.
Solution
DCPS switched to an InfoCase Always-On case. Students are allowed full machine functionality without ever removing it from the case.
As a leader in protective mobile accessories for K-12 for over 20 years, InfoCase worked closely with HISD to craft a customized case design to assure the students of HISD had minimal down time by reducing damages to their HP laptops. The always-on style case HISD chose for their students provides the ultimate protection because the laptop never has to leave the case. In addition to the protective case, Netsync constructed a team of 30 employees to visit HISD schools daily and manage HISD’s 60,000 deployed units.

Result
2005-06 damage rates without InfoCase:
• Cracked Extended Batteries: 74% cracked
• Broken Keyboards: 12% broke
• Cracked Screens: 18% cracked
2011- Jan 2012 damage rates with InfoCase solution:
• Cracked Extended Batteries: <1% (99.9% reduction)
• Broken Keyboards: 6.1% (49.1% reduction)
• Cracked Screens: 9.6 % (46.6% reduction)