1. Oregon/Washington ESDs Networking Meeting November 9, 2016 Cooperative of the Nine Washington ESDs

2. WSIPC History
Founded in 1967 by Snohomish County school districts to share costs for software development, hardware, and centralized technology support
ESDs assumed responsibility for ownership of WSIPC through a series of inter local agreements in 1985
Seven of the nine ESDs began to provide regional support by hiring fiscal/student coordinators as well as house computing and printing equipment for the region
WSIPC (Everett) continued to develop software and provide support to regions coordinators
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3. WSIPC History
In 2001, the cooperative purchased fiscal/human resources/student software from Skyward (Wisconsin), WSIPC continued to support the Washington feature set, (reports specific to Washington)
Contract still exists today fifteen years later
Today, the cooperative serves 287 school districts and 33 private schools in Washington, more than 1,500 schools and over 730,000 FTE
In 2011, Equipment at ESDs was consolidated in Everett
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4. Historical Trends 1980 2008 2016 Service Centers 1 16 14 Servers 3
1980
2008
2016
Service Centers 1 16 14
Servers 3
100+
 400+
PC’s accessing WSIPC software
20,000+
250,000+ 
Districts accessing WSIPC software
100
284
320 
Student FTE base in Cooperative
185,000
670,000
780,000 
Educators able to access WSIPC software
62,000
110,000 
Parents able to access WSIPC software
1,100,000
1,700,000 
Individual Data Fields
2000
80,000
250,000 
Software Complexity
Simple
Robust
Number of SIS Applications (Modules) 13 49
58 
Number of Fiscal Applications (Modules) 23 43 52
Number of HR Applications (Modules) 26 27 38
WSIPC FTE Fee
$5.00
$16.84
$18.14

5. WSIPC Cost
WSIPC negotiates, collects revenues, and pays for the Skyward contract. The WSIPC fee to school districts is $18.14
WSIPC fees also cover its staffing costs
WSIPC staff support the Regional Service Center (RSC) staff and provide tier two level support
Fees at Regional Service Centers vary based on a regions desires. Most range in the $15-25 per FTE and are additive to the WSIPC fee
WSIPC budget is $22 million, RSC budgets are $20 million
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6. Cooperative Member vs Non-Member IT Costs

7. WSIPC Governance ESDs each 1/9 owner of the cooperative
ESD superintendents are board members
Executive Director reports to the WSIPC board
Various advisory committees provide input to the Executive Director
This is the largest single program of the ESD Network
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8. Value Adds of the Cooperative
Data Warehouse and Dashboards
Early Warning Systems for Students
Custom data interfacing
State reporting – CEDARS
Trainings – WASWUG
Hosting solution
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9. Value Adds of the Cooperative
Public disclosure requests for data on behalf of the entire cooperative
Microsoft Agreement
Group Purchasing
IEP Online
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10. Revenue Ventures Skyward provider in other states – Alaska, Idaho
Private Schools
Interfaces for non-WSIPC districts
Third Party Vendors
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11. Tim Merlino, Superintendent
Questions?
Tim Merlino, Superintendent
Educational Service District 112