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Re: [school-discuss] Student Information Systems



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pastor Doug Coats" <dcoats@heritagemail.org>
To: <schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: [school-discuss] Student Information Systems


> 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
>
>