1. K-12 Connectivity in Washington State How K-12 Schools connect through the K-20 Education Network February, 2014

2. 1 Background K-20 connects individual school district networks to one another, to Washington State’s educational community, and to the Internet K-20 is not simply an administrative point of presence located at a school district headquarters K-20 connectivity to K-12 is often misunderstood

3. 2 K-20 Connections: Data and Video K-20 connections provide both data and video connectivity to institutions K-20 data connections facilitate the transmission of administrative and instructional traffic throughout K-12 schools IP-based video allows for video at multiple locations throughout a district, not just a single point of video presence

4. 3 K-12 District-level Connections to K-20

5. 4 Example of a School District Connection: Small Rural District Bridgeport School District

6. 5 Bridgeport School District Network Topology District Network Connects: All 3 schools All 44 classrooms 196 standards based PCs 621 students 1 portable video system K-20 HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL District managed 100 Mbps fiber ring K-20 managed 100 Mbps fiber

7. 6 Example of a School District Connection: Large Urban District Vancouver School District

8. 7 K-20 Vancouver School District Network Topology District Network Connects: 34 schools (100%) 1,201 classrooms (100%) 7,442 standards based PCs 29 video systems 20,424 students District managed Gigabit (1,000 Mbps) fiber connections K-20 managed 500 Mbps fiber

9. 8 K-12 Connectivity in Washington State K-20 connects district networks:  Depending on size of district, an individual district network connects from 1 to 100 schools  There are over 2,150 schools connected to K-20 throughout the state

10. 9 K-12 School-Level Connections to K-20

11. 10 K-12 Connected! K-20 directly reaches the students and teachers of Washington State:  286 School Districts and ESDs connected (94%)  Over 2,150 schools connected (96%)  More than 58,000 classrooms connected (96%)  Nearly 1,000,000 students connected