end of quarter one

31 10 2008

The reason lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn’t there the second time.
- Willie Tyler

After all the incredibly headaches that we had reporting out of PowerSchool last year, the first quarter seems to have gone smoothly (knock on wood).  Few teacher changes and the report cards are printed and ready to go home.  Our custom report card is not ideal as it needs to be tweaked a little each year and each quarter but i am understanding ObjectReports more, and can actually find things that last year would have demanded a call (and forty-five minute wait on hold) to PowerSchool.
“I have to admit, its gettin’ better…gettin’ better all the time”
In the other two schools (ES/MS) Webgrader continues to amaze at its ease.  When it comes to grading to a benchmark – i honestly have not seen anything close to as good (let alone better).  It isn’t the slickest designed program, and at times i wish its navigation and menus were more clear but it is a solidly engineered machine when it comes to reporting, what sticks with you though is that their customer support is personal and second to none.  Now we just need to get that data into PS to keep everyone happy.
GaDeV