Here is an except from my 2008 budget proposal, which was accepted:
2008 SchoolTool Budget ====================== Tom Hoffman Basic Roadmap ------------- We're not in striking distance for SchoolTool 1.0 for Ubuntu 8.04. It doesn't make much sense to make that release in October, so the big target is SchoolTool 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04. By "1.0" I mean a production-ready SIS with good import/setup procedures, documentation, a set of standard reports, and straightforward demographics, attendance, gradebook and calendaring. It won't fit in every school in the world, but it will work for a reasonable subset. For 8.04, the goal is to have the main components we're currently testing at individual schools merged into a single, if rough around the edges release. For 8.10, the goal is SchoolTool 1.0 beta. Developer Responsibilities -------------------------- Ignas's primary goal will be core development and assembling out these releases, in conjunction with Brian Sutherland. He will also continue to work with Vilnius Lyceum on their test deployment. It is important to keep this going, but it is not vital that it be aggressively expanded to the whole school. How quickly this moves depends on Ignas's time and the school's desires. Alan Elkner will work primarily with the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. This is the opportunity we've needed to push the project over the hump, because I know Alan will give us a full year of steady, solid work, and I know Chris Lehmann at SLA will push him to make SchoolTool usable for his school, teachers, students and parents. Alan will work toward interim benchmarks that he, Chris and I set, as well as for deploying SchoolTool schoolwide in the fall. _______________________________________________ Schooltool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schooltool.org/mailman/listinfo/schooltool
