SchoolDude

"Our facilities are probably used more by our community than by the schools.  With FSDirect, the facility use application is transmitted electronically.  It notifies everyone involved in the approval process, as well as the requester, with the current status of the request.  We can report to our superintendent and the school board how much money we are spending on non-school activities. We can even generate an invoice for services rendered."

"MaintenanceDirect is working great for our district. Now we can easily access the information we need to justify staffing requirements and budgets, and MaintenanceDirect has also helped us improve accountability. Our staff has found the system simple to use, and SchoolDude's client services team has been there to quickly answer any questions that arise. I would recommend SchoolDude to anyone looking for a Maintenance Management System."

"SchoolDude was simple to implement. All of the staff have embraced the program, and we continue to implement new modules and expand our usage of SchoolDude. The customer support is ready, willing and able to address our questions and come up with real solutions to our needs. The best part is that all users can take advantage of the improvements that are made, and unlike other programs I have used, we are never charged for the upgrades. I have recommended this program to numerous colleagues, and all of them tell me it has simplified their busy workday."

"We have been truly using MaintenanceDirect and love it!  The usability, function and graphics are just what we needed. The cost justification of MaintenanceDirect was based on the simple premise that if I divided your annual fee into the competition’s initial price tag for comparable function, I had almost ten years of MaintenanceDirect usage before I equaled the outlay to the competition. This was a no-brainer; the technology will change so much in the next ten years, I could never stay with one ‘resident’ system that long without having at least one upgrade. With MD - I don't have to worry about system component compatibility or obsolescence. And I don't burden our very limited technology staff with more applications and maintenance. What a marvelous WIN - WIN."

"Quite frankly, I came to your presentation as a skeptic and didn't expect very much. Afterward, my team and I were blown away by how easy and powerful your MaintenanceDirect system is. We made up our minds right then that we were switching. The ease of generating reports and variety of reports that can be run is much greater than what was available with the ACT system."

"MaintenanceDirect is a great product at a fraction of the cost of a client-server based system. My staff did not have to undergo hours of training to use it, and the technical support from SchoolDude is second to none."

"SchoolDude's suite of services has provided Odessa College with a tool that allows our employees to submit maintenance work requests, IT requests and facility schedule requests from any computer with Internet access. Now we can track these requests not only for timely responses, but for budget purposes as well. This ‘one stop’ approach for all requests makes it easier on our employees and enables us to provide better service. SchoolDude's training and support is excellent – from SchoolDude University to online and direct telephone support – they always have an expert available and eager to help."

"Our previous process allowed the schools to approve after-hours facilities requests and charge any rate within a specified range.

On any given day, a group might call one elementary school and receive one rate, while the elementary school on the opposite side of the district charged a lower rate. The inconsistent fee structure created a customer service and perception problem for the district and received the attention of our school board."

"It is just nice to deal with a company that actually practices good customer service."

“In twelve years of private and public IT management, purchasing the ITDirect module from SchoolDude is simply the best money I have ever spent.”