November
2007 - Executive Management Team Announcements
Edupoint Educational Systems announces the appointment of Joe Kirkman,
Edupoint President and CEO, and an additional executive team member,
Joe Zello, Ed.D, as Vice President of Special Education. The addition
of these veteran education executives reflects the continued growth
of Edupoint and the commitment to bring customers world class products
and services.
Bob Weathers, Founder and Chairman of the Board retains an active
role in the company, turning much of his focus to software architecture
and future developments.
Click
this link to view the Press Release from Edupoint Educational
Systems.
February
13, 2007 - Edupoint Educational Systems Announces
CSIS Compliance
Edupoint Educational Systems has been notified by the office of the
California School Information Services (CSIS*), that its flagship
student information system, GENESIS, is now fully CSIS capable. With
this final confirmation, GENESIS is acknowledged as a solution capable
of managing and exchanging student and staff information for the California
Department of Education through CSIS.
*The California School Information Services (CSIS) Program is a
legislative initiative charged in 1997 with developing and implementing
an electronic statewide school information system to facilitate the
exchange and reporting of student information by local education agencies
(LEAs) to the California Department of Education (CDE). For more information,
please refer to the CSIS Program Charter, CSIS Strategic Plan, and
AB107, Chapter 282 of 1997, Item 6110-101-0349 documents located at
the following URL: http://www.csis.k12.ca.us/library/default.asp.
January
11, 2007 - Edupoint Educational Systems Awarded
Contract with Mohave Educational Services Cooperative, Inc., AZ
Edupoint Educational Systems was awarded a contract with the Mohave
Educational Services Cooperative, Inc. in Kingman, Arizona. Mohave
Educational Services (MESC) has served schools throughout Arizona
since 1971. Over those 35 years MESC has served their members by providing
services and support. Their Purchasing Services group "… awards
and administers public procurement contracts for quality products
and services. Only contracts that provide the best value and benefit
to our members are awarded. Membership includes schools, colleges,
cities, counties, and qualifying nonprofit organizations."
Edupoint's Founder and CEO, Bob Weathers, states "This is great
news. We are very pleased to be selected by Mohave as a quality solution
for Arizona schools. Acknowledging our GENESIS student information
system as a 'best in class' product speaks to our dedication and experience
in the education marketplace. We built our product in partnership
with Arizona schools, and working with Mohave will enable all districts
to select and implement GENESIS.
We look forward to growing and maintaining this important relationship."
December
13, 2006 - Edupoint attends Arizona School Boards
Association's Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ
Edupoint attends the Annual Conference for Arizona School Boards Association
in Phoenix, AZ. The Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) is a
non-partisan, non-profit organization representing 260 all volunteer
active and associate governing bodies of Arizona's public school districts.
The organization provides a catalogue of resources for local governing
boards and conducts conferences and training activities for district
governing board members. ASBA also is a federation member of the National
School Boards Association.
October
31, 2006 - Edupoint attends California Education
Technology Professionals Association's 46th Annual Conference, Montery,
CA
Edupoint Educational Systems attends the California Educational Technology
Professionals Association's 46th annual conference in Monterey, CA.
Founded in 1960, CETPA serves the technology community of California's
K-12 school systems.
October
23, 2006 - Edupoint announces Gary Smith as
VP of Sales
Edupoint
Educational Systems announces that Gary Smith has joined the firm
as Vice President of Sales. Bob Weathers, CEO and President of Edupoint
Educational Systems welcomed Gary by noting that, “I have
known and worked with Gary for almost twenty years. I have always
been impressed with his integrity, dedication, and commitment to providing
outstanding technical and administrative solutions for K-12 school
districts. In Gary’s distinguished 30 year career at IBM, Macro
Educational Systems, Pearson, and Oracle, he has worked with many
of the leading school districts in the country. But, small district
or large, he brings equal enthusiasm and a deep understanding of their
needs. Gary truly embodies Edupoint’s core mission and business
philosophy ‘Customer First, Always'.”
October
2, 2006 - Edupoint Products SIF Certified Through
CPSI Agent
CPSI,
a leading provider of Schools Interoperability Framework-based solution,
announced the development and certification of a SIF agent for Edupoint
Educational Systems. The agent supports both GENESIS and GENESEA.
Click this link
to view the Press Release from CPSI.
July
26, 2006 - Edupoint Educational Systems announces
full support for the popular cross platform browser, Firefox®
1.5
Edupoint's development team has optimized
use of FireFox and their web-based flagship products, GENESIS and
GENESEA. The FireFox browser is often used with Macintosh OS X and
linux desktops. Delivering this browser compatibilty provides flexibilty
and choice to these Edupoint customers.
July
7, 2006 - Edupoint announces the launch of 'Parent Experience'
This module is now available
for all GENESIS clients. According to Edupoint's Vice President for
Development, Rob Wilson, this exciting new module provides features
that allows parents to query and view information about their children
in real time. This new component of GENESIS complements the 'Teacher
Experience', a module of Edupoint's web-based GENESIS Student Information
System designed for classroom use. The combined modules of parent
and teacher experience illustrate the power of product design linking
the central office, classroom and home.
May
15, 2006
- Edupoint Educational Systems Announces Plans for CSIS Fall Submittal
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