Wake County Public School System

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A Large LEA Perspective
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Mission

• The Wake County Public School System will educate
  each student to be a responsible and productive
  citizen who can effectively manage future
  challenges

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About WCPSS

• 114,000 students
• 7,000 teachers
• 15,000 employees (including Teachers)
• 134 schools
• Grew by over 5,000 students this year

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Goal 2008

• By 2008, 95 percent of students in grades 3
  through 12 will be at or above grade level as
  measured by the State of North Carolina
  End-of-Grade or Course tests, and all student
  groups will demonstrate high growth.

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Before NC WISE . . .

• SIMS (DOS-based system)
• Modification data centralized
• Data checking / reporting
• Homegrown interfaces with other applications
• Distributed access to centralized student data

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Pilot Participation
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Pilot Participation

• Opportunity to help shape the application
• Proximity to DPI
• Variety of unique circumstances within WCPSS

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Concerns

• Teacher resistance
• Training insufficiencies
• Data integration
• Reduced district responsiveness

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Early Experiences

• Connectivity challenges
• Running report cards
• Schedules interrupted by planned outages
• Security breach

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What now?
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WCPSS Hosting

• Improved connectivity
• Speed
• Latency
• Dropped connections
• Control of scheduled outages
• Increased user satisfaction
• And . . .

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Increased Security

• Disallowed trivial passwords
• Mandated password changes
• Lockouts after multiple failed attempted logins
• Disabled inactive accounts
• Denied remote access
• AND . . .

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Security Policies

• Electronic Information Security
• Employee Acceptable Use Policy
• Student Acceptable Use Policy

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Data Integration

• Accessible, real-time data
• Related applications
• Tightly coupled

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WCPSS Environment
eMARC
School Messenger
Info Handler
NC WISE
Mercury
Security
SAM
Data Capture
Saf-T-Net
Growth Mgmt.Applications(Online Reg.)
Maximo
Mainframe
Oracle FinApps HR
School Finance
Expedition
TIMS
Meals Plus
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The Current Challenge
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The Current Challenge
Reintegrating WCPSS data with the NC WISE data
for the rest of the participating LEAs
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