582 students
Minocqua, Wisconsin
Minocqua Joint School district, located in North Central Wisconsin, is made up of one elementary school and two charter schools that serve 582 children in grades PreK-8. After using PowerSchool for seven years, Minocqua wanted a long-term, reliable company with a vision for the future. After receiving glowing reports from other districts about Infinite Campus, the student information system (SIS) was selected in the summer of 2013.
Immediate Solutions
Once moving to Infinite Campus, Minocqua knew they had selected an SIS
designed for education, rather than one modified for education.
Following the initial learning curve, employees found Campus was much
easier to use when compared to their previous vendor. Campus has allowed
the district to combine food service, SPED, and notification under one
system.
“Infinite Campus offers an SIS right out of the box that is designed to
make data accessible to those who need it,” said Jay Christgau,
Minocqua Director of Technology. “This helps us make better decisions in
school administration and student education.”
Premium Products
Minocqua eliminated third-party applications by purchasing both Campus
Food Service and Campus Messenger with Voice. These optional Premium
Products enhance the functionality of the core SIS and save the district
time and money. Campus Food Service streamlines cafeteria operations
for establishing individual or family food service accounts, tracking
food purchases and designing flexible menu layouts. It improves the
efficiency of all food service employees through two convenient
point-of-sale options while simplifying reporting.
“Food Service has been great, easy-to-use and very stable,” said Christgau.
The district has significantly reduced processing time for low food
service account balances. “This has saved our staff numerous hours per
day,” explained Christgau.
Minocqua plans to use Messenger with Voice for automated attendance and low balance lunch account messages.
This added feature delivers regular, content-rich communications via
email, phone or text messaging. It will allow Minocqua to immediately
distribute a large volume of calls including emergency notifications to
parents and students.
Implementation
Minocqua experienced an organized and smooth transition to Infinite
Campus over the summer. Even after their full-time office manager
retired and left them short staffed, they were still ready to launch
opening day.
“Given our situation, it is remarkable we were able to make as timely a
transition as we did. Things could not have gone as well if we had been
transitioning to another SIS, and I doubt we would have been ready for
the first day of school,” said Christgau.
Infinite Campus has successfully implemented its comprehensive SIS for
customers of all sizes. With a focus on the long term and vision of
Transforming K12 Education, customers are assured their investment can
and will adapt to new technologies as they become available.
Minocqua couldn’t be more pleased with their decision.
“When talking to Infinite Campus customers, you will find they like
Campus better than any other system on the market. In other words,
Infinite Campus is designed to be an efficient SIS, not modified to try
to be an efficient SIS,” said Christgau.