Why is PPS purchasing a brand new student information system when the district is facing such serious financial problems?

The short answer is because it will increase district efficiency and lower expenses. The long answer is more involved. This is a condensed version.

Expenses for eSIS are in two categories: capital expenses (for purchase and start-up expenses) and operating expenses (the costs to operate eSIS). Capital expenses for eSIS have no impact on the Districts general fund dollars or dollars available for salaries. The capital expense for eSIS is not part of the General Fund; eSIS capital funding comes from a separate funding source that is backed by the funds raised for this purpose in June 1999.

These funds may only be used for capital expenses and cannot be directed to general fund expense items such as teacher salaries. The capital funds were raised to address several information system inefficiencies identified in the KPMG study performed a few years ago. Operating expenses for eSIS come out of the same fund from which salaries originateas does the current systembut eSIS will provide ... more.

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