[aklug] Re: Zangle info

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Marc Grober wrote:

> Zangle is a proprietary offering of C-innovations
> see, http://www.cinnov.com/products_overview.htm
> It was purchased after the ASD IT Budget Review Team objected and after members
> of the BRT refuted the claims of the consultants then hired to address the BRT's
> objections. See http://asdtech.wik.is
>
> Zangle at ASD is apparently based on one web server and one mSSQL server. All
> web based data which includes for example all attendance for every student must
> be reported via the web engine.
>
> It turned out that the admin zangle client is only pc based and there is no web
> access, so ASD had to implement a windows terminal server to provide school
> admins and registrars on Macs access to the pc client on the windows term servers
>
> Most parents I have spoken to are disgusted with the expenditure of the millions
> of dollars with no benefit as yet to them, and attendance etc is still not real
> time.
>
> While SpEd records was intended to be included in the SIS, it was not, so SpEd
> records continues to maintain and expand multiple FileMaker Pro servers for
> which they purchased a web front end which they apparently have been unable to
> implement.... yes, another disaster....
>
> The zangle PM is Mary McKean whose claim to fame is certainly not IT matters,
> she WAS an asst. principal that ASD moved to PM when the prior PM, who the BRT
> pointed out was NOT qualified, was let go..... Mary couldn't carry the prior
> PM's brief case IT cred wise. The ASD zangle progress site was apparently
> discontinued when folk started asking questions about zangle. My personal
> attempts to obtain specific data on zangle implementation details were largely
> obstructed by ASD (they provided completely obscure and meaningless responses
> and have now refused to consider appeals re document requests... I decided not
> to bother litigating same as apparently the public is in love with the Board and
> the administration and the public deserves what it wants, after all....
>
> Need to know more?

Thanks for being the watch dog on this, Marc. ASD is clearly incompetent in
nearly every aspect of education, and this shows their incompetence goes
beyond even that.

Some day this town won't consider education to be the third rail of local
politics and we'll be able to hold people accountable.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Thu Jan 28 14:45:25 2010