June 21, 2013
TO
LEA Superintendents
Technology Directors
NC Wise Coordinators
FROM
Philip W. Price
POWERSCHOOL MAINTENANCE
The maintenance weekend for PowerSchool that was set for today, June 21, through Sunday, June 23, has
been postponed until Friday, June 28 at 5 p.m. The newly scheduled maintenance weekend will end on
Monday evening, July 1.
The reason for this maintenance weekend delay is that Pearson has postponed release of PowerSchool
Version 7.8 until June 25. Originally, Version 7.8 was scheduled for release on June 20. Pearson opted to
postpone in order to provide a better quality product for all customers. This version is a pivotal release that is
required for North Carolina to go live with PowerSchool.
The NCDPI will issue a communication to you as soon as the June 28-July 1 maintenance weekend is
successfully completed and as soon as PowerSchool Version 7.8 becomes available. Other activities of
deployment and application integration depend on our successful PowerSchool launch. For your information,
below are lists of features in the new PowerSchool release and other key deployment dates. All projections
are based on PowerSchool Release 7.8 and a successful data migration. As we move through the June 28-July
1 maintenance weekend and other implementation activities, we will keep you updated about any timeline
changes.
PowerSchool 7.8 Release will include:
 Principals Monthly Report/Grade/Race/Sex (PMR/GRS) – state reporting
 Home Base Single Sign On with PowerSchool, SchoolNet and Truenorthlogic (LDAP integration is
coming later via the Identity Access Management initiative)
 Ability to integrate with eScholar
 Single UID for Itinerant Teachers
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL, BUSINESS, AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Philip W. Price, Chief Financial/Chief Information Officer | Philip.Price@dpi.nc.gov
6326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6326 | (919) 807-3600 | Fax (919) 807-3604
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
Powerschool Maintenance
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Student transfers between LEAs/Charters
Student cross enrollment across districts
PowerSchool infrastructure necessary to support synchronization with CECAS
Ability to end date courses
NCDPI ability to push courses down through state level Enterprise Controller
Ability to view and track historical enrollment
Other key deployment dates, for your reference:
Once the new release of PowerSchool is available and we have completed the statewide maintenance
weekend, we will be working through the following timeline for deployment:
July 1-7 – High priority NC-customizations:
Full integration with eScholar for Student and Staff Unique ID (UID) at point of enrollment and staff
creation (after eScholar is back online), Student transfers between LEAs/Charters, Student cross
enrollment across districts, Enrollment Update/No show process, Contact Management, Traditional
Report Card, Academic Progress Report, TIMS Extract and Medication Logs
July 12 - State Reporting and Compliance release:
SAR – School Activity Report, RPG – Retention/Promotion/Graduation Report, CFU – Common
Follow-Up, GDV – Graduate Data Verification, AIG – Academically or Intellectually Gifted (Phase
1), ALP - Alternative Learning Program and Discipline Report
Throughout July (as completed) - Accident Injury Log, Accommodations, Accountability, Awards
Management, EDDIE, Office Visit Enhancements, Standards Based Report Card, Teacher
Certification Tracking, Test Score Extension, Transcript and Transportation Enhancements
August - Athletic Eligibility and eTranscripts
Late Summer/Early Fall - Other customizations including Incident Enhancements, Lottery and
SADLS.
Timelines for the integration of Federal Data Collection system applications (part of the migration to
PowerSchool):
July 8th – EC, CECAS, Child Nutrition, LEP Professional Development, Migrant, NCVPS, Title I
Student Participation and Title VI RLIS
August – Homeless Title 10, Title I TAS, Title I N&D Aggregate and Title I N&D Student
September – Title I ESSR and CTE Concentrator Feedback
Fall - Title III LEP, Immigrant and WAPT