SchoolTool has been actively pursued by schools from other countries, and as such is not ready for UK use. However, handling the data input from SIMS would be childs play - all that is needed is to request the primary schools or LEA to output the transfer as CSV or some other open format, writing a script to input that into SchoolTool (or some other school MIS system).

It would not take a lot of input to move SchoolTool towards UK readiness. The backing of an LEA would be nice, that of a trail-blazing school district possibly even better. Having it support Cymraeg would be very little work...


-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Edmondson [mailto:gareth@indigo-cube.co.uk]
Sent: Sat 1/8/2005 7:22 PM
To: ian.lynch@zmsl.com
Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com
Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] SchoolTool

Hi,

I usually lurk on this list, but I have just read a mail where Ian Lynch
mentions School Tool. Our school uses SIMS.Net - and we have had
tremendous bad luck with it since it was implemented several weeks ago.
Unfortunately, even though I am the Head of ICT, and the Network
Infrastructure manager, I have no input into the admin side of things.
Shame.

My question is simple - does anyone here use School Tool, or has anyone
managed to convince their SMT to adopt this open source installation? I
could push all I want in my school, but unless it was able to import
from SIMS, which is still used by our feeder primaries, I cannot see our
school move.

Best wishes

Gareth Edmondson
Head of ICT
Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr
Swansea

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