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I had the opportunity to begin following up with some folks after the CA tours in Sacramento and Ontario.  One of the districts invited me in on a conference call to discuss what the maintenance department’s needs would be based upon some of the discussion points from our day in Ontario.  Team leaders and managers are fighting the battle of “no one knows what we do” and I kept stressing the need to track “why” you do what you do in addition to tracking...

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We made it safe and sound to Detroit, albeit 3 and a half hours later than we were scheduled to arrive. Braving the snow and cold, which is tough for us North Carolinians, we finally arrived in Lansing, our third stop in the Survivor tour. Despite the weather conditions, we have a pretty good turnout today. I have already had some great conversations with two attendees, Ron Patterson of St. Johns Public Schools and Doug BeVier of Dansville Public Schools. Ron has embraced tracking his...

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Philip J. Brody, Ph.D., has written an article concerning how inadequate support infrastructure is adversely impacting student performance In March 2009, eSchool News published the results of a second annual survey and report, conducted together with CoSN and SchoolDude.com that focused on the unique challenges facing IT professionals in the K-12 environment. An area that particularly caught my attention was...

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Work Order and BMS Alarm Integration System Critical Alarm Automation is a powerful work order and building management system (BMS) alarm integration tool that provides a communication bridge and enables data exchange between BMS technology and SchoolDude's MaintenanceDirect work order management system. Critical Alarm Automation reduces risk by enabling staff to respond to major issues first, before they become emergencies or potentially catastrophic events, and helps extend the life...

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Online Preventive Maintenance Scheduling System PMDirect is a powerful, online preventive maintenance scheduling system that helps you extend the life of your equipment as much as 25%, and it can help you achieve annual maintenance and capital budget savings of up to $20 per student. PMDirect helps you create, assign and manage recurring maintenance tasks efficiently and offers more than 350 templates to help quickly establish effective preventive maintenance programs, despite the...

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