“At this time, I was working in the high school library, then in 2008 I started working with our IT department in various capacities. In 2014 our IT department was dissolved by retirements and an outside company was hired for IT support. At that point I pivoted and took over …

"Eliminating timecards has been the biggest savings, We used to print out everyone’s timecards every other week. Also, with the time saved and the tracking of hours in True Time, we are now able to focus on the Affordable Care Act and the reporting requirements."

"It is reliable, dependable, full-featured, and the core users love it and are able to pick it up easily. It's everything you want out of your student management system to help your school run efficiently and smoothly."

“After the resignation of our superintendent and director of operations, I was given the role as the district’s director of information services. Liz Boyles. With my new role, I quickly took the lead on our Skyward needs and helped ensure we had a smooth implementation. Four years after implementation, Boyles …

"Thanks to HBR 429’s partnership with Skyward and their use of the School Business Suite since 2013, McGuire’s team knew just where to start in their search for a more future-ready SIS. “We were very happy with our experiences on the financial side and were confident that a newer technology …

"Had I have known the time that it would save me each year in setting up contracts and pay records for the staff I would have begun using it much sooner. I wholeheartedly recommend this product."

"I would absolutely recommend Family and Student Access to other districts. It has provided us with multiple useful tools, and we continue to explore additional ways we can fully utilize it in our building."

"The conversion from our previous software provider to Skyward was a simple process and we could not be more satisfied with Skyward. Skyward is so easy to navigate and the training that we were offered proved to be phenomenal."

"Almost all of the kids carry a smartphone today, so they simply hop on our wireless to keep track of their grades, And since everything is available in real time, there’s no more waiting until the next day for grades to be posted for students to see them. Now, as …

"The log-ins for the students is amazing. The emails for the teachers and parents are incredible, too. I think that’s the future, and I’m always looking for the future."

"All areas from student enrollment to attendance, discipline to grading, and state reporting can be aligned… If you are looking for a company, product, and team to improve workflow for your student management system, there is none better than Skyward."

"We were able to successfully submit MCCC reports before the deadline. It's that old fashioned sense of "we've got your back" that Skyward still holds close to their core even though they are growing leaps and bounds as a company!"

"The biggest change in our experience with Skyward was moving from the PAC version to the web version,” said Sample. “Like anyone, I didn’t like having to make this change at first, but now the web version is so much better."

“I can see Skyward expanding into even more districts and states, The growing applications between Skyward and other third-party integrations are immense and aid us, and other districts, in intertwining student achievement and behavior, spending, and historical data.”

"I work with multiple vendors on a daily basis, and Skyward is one of the best products I help support in our district, since it seems to run at an almost 99% uptime, and their tech and product support is great."