Announcements

WESPaC Support Information for the week of January 5, 2009:

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TIP OF THE WEEK:

How do we set the timeout feature for Educator Access Plus and Gradebook?

Need to update all your entity calendars because of missed school days due to inclement weather? Please see the tip sheet “District Level Calendar Changes” sent out with this week's weekly message to all district level contacts.

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District Level Contacts Monthly Users Forum – Jan 22, Everett – WSIPC will present their newly developed Data Warehouse project. Please sign up on the website and invite your District Assessment Coordinator to attend the first hour of this meeting.

Future Scheduling Classes are posted on the website – Jan & Feb, Everett

WASWUG 2009 Conference – March 8-10, Double Tree Hotel, SeaTac

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NWRDC TRAINING CLASSES – www.nwrdc.net Check back often for new classes!

Future Year Scheduling (Multiple Sections) - January and February
Reporting - Data Mining, Dec 18, 2008, Everett

If you have suggestions of classes you would like scheduled, please contact Katy McCoard at 425.349.6498.

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2008-2009 Release Downtime Schedule

Release Down Times are from 3am to 9pm on each designated Saturday. However, most releases will be complete before noon on Saturday. Data Centers will be returned to production as soon as the release is complete.

Revised 12/15/2008 ATTENTION: Skyward has changed their DF release schedule. DF96 is now scheduled for release to the cooperative in April 2009, which means we need to add another day to the April downtime. August 2009 is still a DF, but will be DF97. That is the only change to the schedule.

The Release Down Time for a DF will be from 3am Saturday until 9am Sunday.

January 10, 2009
February 7, 2009
March 7, 2009
April 4-5, 2009
May 9, 2009
June 6, 2009
July 11, 2009
August 15-16, 2009

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Normal Student support hours will be in affect for this week. The Student Support Team is normally available Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the exception of the following time(s):

Thursdays Student Team Meeting 7:30 am - 9:00 am

NOTE: If you have an emergency and do not wish to leave a message in the voice mail queue, please contact the WSIPC Operator at (425)349-6600, and she will either contact a Coordinator for you or send us an Emergency e-mail message. If you find yourself back in the voice mail queue, please dial "0" and tell the receptionist what happened. Again, we ask that you use this process for true emergencies (e.g., you cannot move forward with your work).

--- NWRDC STUDENT SUPPORT CALENDAR ---

Here’s what is happening during the week:

Monday	1/05/09	Food Service Cashier Training, Mt. Vernon SD
Tuesday	1/06/09	District Consult, Sumner DS
Wednesday	1/07/09	Food Service Go Live, Mt. Vernon SD District Consult, Renton SD
Thursday	1/08/09	Regular Support Hours
Friday	1/09/09	Basic Attendance Class, Renton SD

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NWRDC Student Support Contact Information:

Student Support Phone Queue: (425) 349-6570

Toll Free from Seattle area: (206) 219-6671 x6570

Fax: (425) 349-6601

E-mail Queue: nwrdcstu@nwrdc.net

Regards from your Student Team:
Katy ~ Becky ~ Christine ~ Dawn ~ Jeff ~ Julia ~ Kathy ~ Kris ~ Mandy ~ Sue ~ Tamara

Northwest Regional Data Center

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