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Wilmington Friends School Wilmington Friends School Saves Paper, Time, and Increases Efficiency with Blackbaud for Independent Schools
Wilmington Friends School offers a college preparatory curriculum — including athletics, the arts and community service — in which Quaker values and high expectations are mutually supportive. The school serves students age two through grade 12. Students at Friends are challenged to realize their potential as learners, well prepared to succeed in college and career; as leaders, recognizing their power and opportunity to be agents of change; and as active and responsible members of communities, from the classroom to the world.
The Challenge
- The Wilmington Friends School had approximately 13 different databases used across the organization for various functions, but each housed very similar information.
- The school wanted a data-driven website that would provide targeted content and interactive functionality.
- The school needed a website that was easy for teachers to use and would give students and parents the ability to view assignments online.
The Solution
- The school selected Blackbaud because it provided integrated solutions that would eliminate duplicate data and consolidate the school’s numerous databases.
- Blackbaud NetCommunity provided the school with a website that was robust in functionality, data-driven, and provided targeted content.
- The school also selected Blackbaud because it provided the products it needed to do the things it wanted to do while decreasing duplication and increasing operational efficiency.
The Results
- Departmental efficiency: The school has been able to streamline processes and operations across departments.
- Valuable staff time saved: Teachers have been able to save significant time doing grade reports. Paper forms and data reentry have been eliminated. Peer editing and teacher-to-teacher information sharing is done online and instantaneously.
- Valuable resources saved: Grade reports have been cut from 10 pages to two pages, making both parents and teachers happier.
- One system, one community: The school’s database team has been able to eliminate weeks of data entry work by using Online Campus Community to enable parents to maintain and update information. Also, the school no longer has to spend money on change of address requests.
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