The Hotchkiss
School, a boarding school in Northwest
Connecticut with
560 boys and girls and with a faculty and staff of over 250 adults
has been
planning the upgrade of its administrative systems. We have decided
to build
most of the modules (Business Office functions aside) and we
recently decided
to build using OpenACS 4, starting with the authentication module
and long-term
implementation plan, and then moving to scheduling, grades and
comments (registrar
functions). Thereafter, in no particular order weÂll build for
admissions, college
counseling, extracurricular activities, etc. Our long-term plan
includes an
academic portal, where we will have a solution to the elusive
backend integration.
The building of these systems is being managed by Bruner
Consulting, which has contracted with
Musea.
At the same time as this project is underway, we
are looking
for a web
master, and we want to make sure that our
candidates
can work effectively with ACS. I would appreciate any thoughts
about things
to look for in a web master working with ACS, any suggestions about
where else
I might post notification of this job, and any word on likely
candidates from
the Open ACS Community.
