Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Stranger and Stranger

The saga of the {beep} Library Management Program grows stranger and stranger. We were told that imports of student data from the Very Hot Desert Student Records system would take place automatically. Purple, Silver and Sage have been poring over this question for days. The imports appear to have been not so much automatic as automagic. Homerooms appear out of thin air, without being imported! 412 student records were changed on the Sunday of a 3 day weekend! Forcing someone to work on Labor Day weekend has to be magic. Being sometimes acclaimed as wizards themselves, Purple, Silver, and Sage know most magic is just a matter of science, technology, knowledge and experience. {beep} Technical Support is no help either. They just keep saying "Just don't you worry your pretty little head about about student records. And pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." The Dots are developing a deep desire to yank back the curtain!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

One of our lovely student aides pointed out today that now her {bleep} record shows her homeroom teacher from 2 years ago! I hope this gets fixed before we run our 1st overdues! I have no intention of fixing 2000 student records, especially if they will change again over the next long weekend!