Re: [school-discuss] Student Information Systems

["Myles O'Meara" <milo@fullsite.com>]

Take a look at www.schoolmation.com

Sounds like it might suit your situation

Myles


On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 03:37, Pastor Doug Coats wrote:
> I have been a silent member of this group for a while because I wanted to
> see what the Linux world offered world of education and simply because the
> culture of my school is not ready for huge Linux invasion.
> 
> We are currently thinking about changing our SIS and I was wondering what
> your schools use to manage information about your students.  We currently
> use SchoolMinder by Hunter Systems and we have simply outgrown it as our
> school continues to mature.  We are looking fairly favorably toward
> PowerSchool for four advantages that it would give us.
> 
> 	1.  It is web based and totally customizable
> 	2.  It's accessibility by admin, teachers, students, and parents
> 	3.  It's scheduling ability
> 	4.  Teachers adding grades directly - less work for office staff
> 
> These stand out over our currant system which simply tacks our students
> using an Access database and tends to be to complicated in generating
> specialized reports.
> 
> Is there a Linux system we should consider?  We already run Linux on our
> Gateway and File servers so the implementation of a Linux solution might be
> a lot easier than adding an Apple box to the network mix.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Doug