From: Connie Neal <cin@io.com>
Subject: Re: Linux School Management System?
Date: 13 May 1998 07:47:31 -0500

Ed Schlunder <zilym@asu.edu> writes:

> 
> Are there any Linux school management packages out there yet? Our
> school district wants to axe our AS/400 consortium and have our own
> servers to do our school management. Being stuck with the whims of our
> county AS/400 administrators is not particularly fun. 
> 
> 	A school management system should be able to:
> 	1. hold student records
> 	2. do automatic scheduling given class requests
> 	3. take daily attendance, do grades, etc
> 	4. use a standard SQL database backend that we can write our own
> 	   software that uses the student records.
> 
> 	Any ideas would be appreciated. 

My husband, the teacher, would appreciate a linux based grade book.
He has not been able to find one.  Right now, he is using the
spread sheet in applixware. This is in no way comparable to the
grade book programs available for wintel and the mac, but it
does calculate the grades. 
 
Connie Neal
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