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Port Arthur Independent School District in Port Arthur, TX selects SunGard’s eSchoolPLUS Student Information System
September 7, 2011 — Bethlehem, PA
The Port Arthur Independent School District (ISD) in Port Arthur, Texas has selected SunGard K-12 Education’s eSchoolPLUS as its student information system. Part of SunGard’s PLUS 360 suite of products for K-12 education, eSchoolPLUS is the high-impact student information system that helps educators and parents by providing them direct, real-time access to the most relevant student information available. Port Arthur ISD includes 12 schools, serving more than 9,000 students in the 2011-12 school year.
“SunGard K-12 Education and the eSchoolPLUS student information system was the obvious choice for Port Arthur ISD,” commented Dr. Ramiro Zuniga, Port Arthur ISD’s Chief of Technology. “eSchoolPLUS has all the features our district needs to effectively manage our student data.”
Port Arthur ISD will utilize eSchoolPLUS as its single integrated student information system with a secure and centralized real-time student database. The eSchoolPLUS solution provides administrators, counselors, teachers and parents with relevant student information in order to manage their students.
About SunGard K-12 Education
SunGard K-12 software serves over 8 million students or 1 out of 6 students nationwide. We serve over 1,500 school districts throughout the United States and work closely with regional and national user groups across the country.
At SunGard K-12 Education many staff are former K-12 employees, including education technologists, superintendents, business managers, principals, teachers and other school employees. We’re all part of a team dedicated to providing innovative technology that’s making a difference in the lives of students every day. Our experience, combined with our ongoing commitment to technology research and development, means our customers can be assured that their investment in our products will benefit their schools and their students for years to come.
Visit SunGard K-12 Education at www.sungard.com/K-12.
About SunGard
SunGard K-12 Education is part of SunGard, one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. We are able to take advantage of economies of shared resources to bring a broad array of software solutions and expertise to our customers. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company.
For more information, please visit www.sungard.com.
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