Forney Independent School District (Forney ISD) in Texas is one of the fastest-growing districts in the nation, serving over 15,000 students across multiple cities and surrounding unincorporated areas. The district has opened an impressive 12 new buildings in the last four years. The district sees itself as serving the entire community, not just its students in grades K-12.
Forney ISD faced several challenges with its classroom technology. The basic setup, a fixed teacher desk with a fixed AV hookup, power data, and AV connected to a projector, meant that teachers had to be at their desks to engage with the available technology. Howard Carlin, executive director of technology at Forney ISD, wanted to find a solution to free teachers from that desk that could be deployed throughout the district but struggled to find a solution to suit a K-12 setting.
