Re: [school-discuss] School Admin Software

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Les Richardson wrote:
> Yes, I continue to toil alone in the pit of software development for 
> school admin software. And, yes, alone, little can be accomplished in a 
> short time.

You're doing great Les.  In Engineering you only get a maximum of two of 
the following three things: good, fast, cheap.  We'll give up fast. 
Note that M$ does none of the three :-)

Say, it turns out that the middle school my daughter will be at next 
year is piloting TeacherEase this year.  Pretty pricey stuff, $65 to $90 
per teacher depending on volume.  Here's what the school says they can 
do with it: "You can login and access your child's subjects, 
assignments, and progress. From time to time you may also receive email 
for good grades, missed assignments, behavior, etc."

Doesn't OpenAdmin do most of this too?  The last item, automatic email 
to parents, is the only feature I think OA lacks, but is it on your 
roadmap?  I'd like to offer the teacher who is coordinating the pilot 
the chance to try out OA as well.

Daniel

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Daniel Howard
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Georgia Open Source Education Foundation