Because the system is fully ODBC compliant, third party reporting tools are applicable for trained users. The transfer of data to other applications, such as library and transportation systems, can be done centrally without copying the current data to the board office. Since the data is completely centralized, there is a single record for each student in the board. This eliminates the need to correlate a student’s data from multiple distributed school databases. Centralization also allows a single definition of many tables to ensure consistency of data throughout the board.

Centralized data also allows a simple deployment of the Maplewood Web Portal. Presently this application is accessible by administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Teachers find entering attendance and achievement records a very simple process using the Maplewood Web Portal. It allows them to work with live data any time, at school or at home. Not only can students view their own records, but they can also enter their course choices for the following year. Parents can view the records of their own children which increases the much needed ongoing communication between the home and school. Over the years, individual schools have maintained their data independently. Maplewood Enterprise provides the opportunity for board-wide standardization. Maplewood has developed software tools to reduce this task to its simplest form. Maplewood will continue to support our traditional school based systems. We expect, however, more and more districts will choose to deploy Maplewood Enterprise to take advantage of its benefits.