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    Orah

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABoardingware, headquartered in Auckland, offers their student management system for boarding schools, built around managing the needs particular to boarding schools, such as student care and student tracking.N/A

    SchoolSuite

    N/AN/ASchoolLife is a Student Life Population, Health, & Emergency Management software solution, a platform that integrates a population, health & emergency management platform with an existing Student Information System (SIS). It is developed by the company of the same name in New Haven, Connecticut.N/A
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    OrahSchoolSuite
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    OrahSchoolSuite
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    OrahSchoolSuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    OrahSchoolSuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day. It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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    Pros
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • Keeping all information organized in one place.
    • Having my entire student database at the touch of a screen.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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    Cons
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • I would like to see all parents having to capture weekend arrangements, whether they are going out or staying in.
    • An automatic reminder SMS sent to parents who have not made arrangements by a certain time.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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    Support Rating
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    I gave this rating because Boardingware support is unbelievable. They are quick to reply and have a chat feature that they not only are there for most of the day but you can leave a note if they are not available and they get back to you very quickly. I thoroughly enjoyed any conversations I had with support from Boardingware.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    Senior Systems did not work as well and the functionality from the administrative side is not as user-friendly. I often felt like it was down and not working properly, or that I could not find where certain documents are. I believe that for a boarding school community Boardingware was much more user-friendly, and did not take as many steps in order to get the job done quickly.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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    Return on Investment
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • We were tracking student leave by hand or by an in-house program. Both of these became inefficient and/or unusable. Having Boardingware has expedited the process. It's hard to give numbers, but we're several days ahead of where we used to be in terms of tracking students' leave for Thanksgiving break.
    • Parent involvement was always an issue, but with Boardingware parents must approve a leave before we (the school) does. This makes parents take responsibility for their child which happens less than it should.
    • Having access to flagged students with health issues makes it much easier to plan field trips. We can easily know who should have what meds or epi pens based on their Boardingware profile. Safety awareness and prevention has gone up due to this feature.
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    SchoolSuite (School Suite LLC)
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