Texas K-12 charter schools partner with Spectrum Business to elevate educational experience

“Spectrum Business has been a trusted partner when we needed them the most.”

Kevin Hanson, Executive Director of Technology, International Leadership of Texas

International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) is a free K-12 charter school program serving over 23,000 children on 21 campuses. Students are taught English, Spanish and Mandarin as part of a demanding curriculum designed to foster future success. Of ILTexas’s 2022-23 student population, 71.8% were categorized as economically disadvantaged.

“Technology is central to everything we do,” ILTexas Executive Director of Technology Kevin Hanson explains. “Everything is technology-enabled. Security, assessments, access control, communication, teaching, learning — everything.”

To deliver on their high expectations, Hanson credits Spectrum Business for helping solve a number of specific challenges. “The support we get from our partners at Spectrum Business has been phenomenal,” he says.

The partnership brings fiber connectivity to 28 K-8 schools and high schools, as well as headquarters and data center locations. This connectivity is supported by Ultra-High Speed Data and Ethernet services.

To accommodate an immediate need to expand the program’s reach, Spectrum Business executed fiber connectivity installs at 13 different campuses and a data center in just 45 days.

“We need support as committed as we are to making success happen,” Hanson says. “When you have that kind of relationship with a trusted partner like Spectrum Business, you can accomplish a great deal.”