SIS

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Important features in current use
Classroom attendance (ClassXP) - dg

Adds and drops done by counselors will automatically update teacher rosters? - dg

1. User friendly software with available, informed, & responsive Tech Support. 2. Easy querying abilities. 3. Compatibility with Print-to-Mail soft/hardware (report card folder/sealer) jt hayashi

Compatibility with Follett Destiny - easy to export data into library circ. system - sstutzman

Compatibility with elementary report card system's data import/export files - LC

Ability to print various class lists for teachers: eg full class lists with mailing addresses of both parents, birthday lists, email contact lists, mailing labels, etc. - LC

Important Features, not in current SASI use, but desirable in new SIS
variable credit calculations for millennium high students - MJB supplemental hours calculations for attendance - MJB transfer of existing elementary school data (report cards) from filemaker to new sis - MJB better facility of use and access to celdt, star, cahsee data, etc. (ad nauseum) - MJB platform independent SG online teacher friendly gradebook with parent access - dg

I am not aware of the full cababilities of SASI, so my comments will pertain to what our system would ideally have. 1) Teachers could access student information and input local student data. 2) The system would generate individual student, classroom, grade level, and school-wide data graphs/charts. 3) The STAR student data disk and STAR research files from the CDE could be uploaded into the system and multi-year graphs for individual students, classrooms, grade levels, and sites could be generated. 4) All administrative levels, grade level teams, and departments could easily generate reports. 5) Although this might be wishful thinking, a system that allowed parents access to their individual students assessment data, including STAR, district common assessments, and report cards. David Roth

1. Company's commitment to fixing known problems with the software in a quick, responsive manner. 2. Security assignments more easily designated. 3. Updating previously enrolled classes automatically when re-enrolling. 4. Ability to customize reports & add more options (more GPA definitions). 5. Ability to do certain update changes without having to come in late at night or kicking everyone off of the system (PHS). 6. Online grading by teachers for progress & reporting periods that have usable reports and grade verifications printouts. 7. Ability to open up more than one window at a time, have both 2008-09 & 2009-10 year's data up side-by-side simultaneously for easy comparison. 8. Not having yearly "upgrades" with blackmail of tech support withdrawal if we don't pay their hostage fees. jt hayashi

1. Security. Authentication, authorization and access control. 2. Disaster recovery. Ease of backup and recovery, data replication and data archival, 3. Support. Timely response for problems and errors. Prompt fixes for software bugs and security vulnerabilities. 4. File level security. Encryption. Optimized and selective based on data sensitivity. 5. Compatibility. Support for multiple file and application formats. 6. Reporting. Ease of report writing facility.

Dave Driggs


 * The ability to print lists and labels in a larger font (without exporting data into a new program).
 * An easy screen for entering attendance (my eyes are getting bad).
 * Easy to organize enrollment data in a way that makes sense for us (adaptable). ~ Megan N.

possible sticky points
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substitute teachers? easy to access, assign permissions etc discipline records? teacher may print class list from the grade book? Adds and drops done by counselors will automatically update teacher rosters? health data and reporting? Immunization data maybe extracted and printed as reports or letters Historical data is easy to access without closing down one data base and opening another year Attendance: Multiple entries per day may be made for a student - time in and time out? Easy enrollment Easy to upgrade with little downtime. SIF compliant No or easy roll-over required. No roll-over required. Multi-year storage and reporting capable. A rank-in-class maybe calculated for the students CA specific reports

Discipline file should have similar codes for k-12. Right now it looks like stduents are piros when they come to PHS when in actuality it is just a coding issue with the roll over. We need to be able to produce reports easily and enter data specifically. Currently we have a comments section and this is extremely important. We need time place, teacher, consequence, discipline code, dyas of consequence, and comment section.

User friendly software and easy queries are a big deal. And of course many of the things above I agree with. Shipp Echo all of the above suggestions, particularly support/troubleshooting, ease of use, and storage of relevant data in a secure manner. JV