Case Study
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School
CASE STUDY EDUCATION: WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL CASE STUDY › storserver.com (800) 550-5121EDUCATION: WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL CASE STUDY The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School (WS/FCS) school district had more than 50,000 students enrolled in their system with no way to accurately and sufficiently back up their data. This was a serious problem. With permanent records, grades, emails, etc. from all 80 of their school sites, the district had to come up with a solution, fast. The school district was formed in 1963 when the individual Winston-Salem and Forsyth school systems merged together to become one of North Carolina’s largest K-12 educational institutions. With 42 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, 11 high schools and 11 special schools, WS/FCS is th