Global Scholar Discontinues Pinnacle SIS and Instruction Products

You are probably already aware that
GlobalScholar officially announced that they plan
to discontinue the Pinnacle Student Information
System and Pinnacle Instruction products
following the 2013-14 school year. They will be
fixing bugs during the interim period, but do not
plan to do significant enhancements to the
products from this point forward.
MiCase will reconvene the SIS Vision Committee
to do an RFP to look at the various Student
Information Systems available.
This information comes as a surprise, but we are
committed to using this as an opportunity rather
than a crisis. You can be assured that you will
have the MiCase team here to assist in any way
that we can.
We will continue to support Pinnacle SIS and
Instruction and will conduct training as planned,
and as needed.
Please contact Don Daily if you have any
questions, ddailey@kresa.org, or 269-250-9264

Link to story: http://www.mi-case.org/cms/lib4/MI07000830/Centricity/Domain/1/Newsletter%20April%202013.pdf

Police investigate schools' computer shutdown

De Pere police this week were continuing to investigate what may have caused the De Pere School District’s computer system to shut down for a full week earlier this month.

Authorities aren’t saying whether the system was hacked or what sort of information may have been exposed.

“With the complexity of the investigation involving the Unified School District of De Pere, no additional details can be released at this time,” Lt. Chad Opicka said Tuesday.

The computer system — which includes staff email, a student information system and a district website — went down two weeks ago and started to return online May 7.

The east-side district includes a high school, a middle school, an intermediate school and three elementary schools.

District superintendent Ben Villarruel said teachers and staff worked well through the shutdown and that things are running smoothly.

Police said they will release information when the investigation is completed.

Link to story: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20130515/GPG1001/305150310/Police-investigate-schools-computer-shutdown?nclick_check=1

De Pere uses the Infinite Campus SIS: http://www.depere.k12.wi.us/Parent%20Portal.html