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Bock, Larry – School Business Affairs, 1983
A load programer that controls energy usage has reduced the annual budget of the Blair Community School District (Nebraska) by approximately $10,000. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Control, Elementary Secondary Education
Funck, Gary – School Business Affairs, 1999
Few schools command the funding to shift from zero security to updated closed-circuit TV systems. Cost-effective school security identification cards, which provide a rapid means of identifying those belonging on campus, can be integrated with administrative systems to track attendance, age, subject studied, and other vital statistics. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Safety Equipment
Creighton, Roger L. – Executive Educator, 1986
School systems will soon be using microcomputers to design their school bus routes and aid in the management of transportation programs. Offers guidelines to bring microcomputer bus management to school systems. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers
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Alspaugh, John W. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
Lewis, Barbara – School Administrator, 1982
Beginning on the front cover, this article tells how school districts are reducing their transportation costs. Particularly effective measures include the use of computers for bus maintenance and scheduling, school board ownership of buses, and the conversion of gasoline-powered buses to alternative fuels. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Salmon, Stephen H. – School Business Affairs, 1991
Computerized pupil transportation systems offer promising benefits to school districts. Outlines ways school administrators can select the right product by following some traditional business approaches. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
Weiss, Edmond; And Others – 1972
The Planning Unit is a concept employed in resource requirements forecasting for the public service agencies, as an alternative to the conventional hierarchical program-structure used in PPB systems. The planning unit concept allows analysts to generate cost analyses by several simultaneous program-structures, not all of which need be in a…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Moyer, David H.; LeVan, Donald D. – School Business Affairs, 1983
The first in a series of three articles highlighting some of the experiences of the Deptford Township Public Schools (New Jersey) in transforming the business operations from a manual process into a computerized system. Describes procedures for acquiring hardware and software and setting up a district accounting system. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Gregg – School Business Affairs, 1993
Effective and efficient management of school district custodial and maintenance services can be achieved by contracting out these services. A competent management company will offer a computerized management system and a complete training program. Prospective management companies should also offer management and cost controls. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administration, Cleaning, Computer Oriented Programs, Contracts
Libonate, George A., Jr.; Hughes, Jonathan T. – Educational Computer, 1982
To support the position that the use of computers can make educational administration more cost-effective, the minicomputer-based information system in the Ridgeway Public School District in New Jersey is described. A model of the information system is included. (JJD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Educational Administration
Allen, Thomas W. – School Business Affairs, 1984
Describes how school districts can use microcomputers for financial modeling in order to conduct a logical and rational school closure analysis. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
DuVall, Lloyd A. – 1976
The School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an overall design for districtwide program assessment and development. It is both a way of interrelating planning and evaluation of individual programs and a way of comparing the outcomes of all district programs with the district's community-defined educational goals. Component…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Ronchetti, Thomas R.; And Others – 1974
This publication contains an encapsulated report on a 1973 pilot project on computer aided bus routing and scheduling involving 22 diversified school districts of New Jersey. Called Transportation Information Planning Service (TRIPS), the project sought to develop and subject to initial test a man-machine system that would offer optimum latitude…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Plante, Robert W. – 1981
Less than five percent of the pupils in northeastern Rhode Island Region I are transported to schools or educational centers outside of their districts. However, about 20 percent of the total transportation costs are expended for out-of-district transportation of nonpublic school, vocational, and special education students. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Catholic Schools, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Programs