"They need to think about their underlying processes, cultural issues with paper, and the capacity of the staff to be able to effectively use a solution like Skyward, If a district successfully commits to that cultural shift, then Skyward is a great and powerful tool to achieve efficiency and effectiveness."

"The stack of papers we used for these processes was over half a foot high, Now with True Time, the same process that took weeks takes a maximum of three days and the stack of papers is all but gone."

"Our parents are thrilled with the Family Access portal for keeping track of student assignments, attendance and discipline. After they realized the power of knowing their grades on real-time basis, the students were equally hooked."

"Skyward has provided real-time access to budget balances for all administrators, and therefore greatly helps to maintain accountability."

“I know of other districts that I’ve been in that don’t have an onboarding system or even a paperless system, As a principal back in the day, applicants had to go to the central office, pick up an application. It was quite a process.”

“We have a lot of movement of staff, so oftentimes our candidates are not here but are able to apply, and we can arrange interviews with the electronic application process. If we didn’t have that, our pool would be even more limited, so FastTrack allows us to get to know …

"I have always appreciated the customer service of Skyward because wherever I have been we have never missed a payroll, no matter what the circumstances might have been, Skyward has always stepped in to help with that. Even though I have been a Skyward customer in various districts for over …

"Now that we are crawling out of the other side of the pool, so to speak, Qmlativ has resulted in a great system with all of the features we anticipated – and more – that are very unique to the demands for our school community, Our teachers are now dedicated …

"You can only imagine how it was in the past when it came to tax time, Every director had to add up all of the payments for every kid and prepare a statement by hand. Now, we go in and it literally takes us five minutes to run all of …

"The biggest thing is making them more comfortable with the Skyward environment before they actually had to use a live database, The best part of the PDC and the most pleasant surprise were the simulations. I was afraid we’d be stuck with video lectures or ‘watch- and-learn’ videos, or – …

"I can’t wait for the second-year version of this story, We are going to see all the benefits and reasons we converted this next year and in year three we are convinced it’s going to be even better. Skyward is the perfect software to grow with us and that feels …

“Having a centralized, online solution for district and employee information has been essential to our operations. Not only has it freed up our office staff and made reporting easier, but employees feel more empowered being able to take control of their own information.”

"It’s important to have a vision of what you want to accomplish with technology when it comes to branding and culture, The vision must take into account the current culture and climate within the organization and set a well-defined goal of where you want to go with the new initiative."

"It's About Teamwork, Which Is How It Should Be Between the Vendor and Client. We Didn't Get There With Our Former Vendor, but in Less Than Two Years We Are There With Skyward."

“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 …