Wisconsin’s DOA school software decision

Discussion will revolve around the the controversy surrounding the decision by the state of Wisconsin to require all public school districts to have a single vendor for student information software, and the decision to award that contract to an out of state company, Infinite Campus, instead of Skyward, a Stevens Point company that employs 280 workers, and which currently services more than half the school districts in Wisconsin.Host Glen Moberg will moderate a discussion with Skyward founder and Board Chairman Jim King and State Senator Julie Lassa of Stevens Point, who has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require multiple vendors for student information software.The Route 51 program will also feature recordedcomments from Governor Scott Walker, Republican State Senate Education Committee Chair Luther Olsen, Stevens Point School Superintendent Attila Weininger, and others on both sides of the issue .