Number of sheets of paper used: 3000
Cost of one toner cartridge for school printer: $275
Number of toner cartridges used: 1
Number of teachers relying on floppy disks for file transfer: 9
Number of teachers who successfully used "TAB done" folder: 5
Number of teachers using email to send data: 3
Number of teachers who needed direct assistance to transfer data files: 3
Time required to configure staff teaching profiles and class lists: 12 hours
Time required to import your configuration and class lists to eTeacher: 3 minutes
Time required to reassign a class of kids to another teacher: 20 minutes
Time required for one teacher to submit data file to TAB done folder: 3 minutes
Time required for report card administrator to track down a floppy disk not handed in: 1 hour
Approximate number of times I have sat down to print various sets and subgroups of report cards over the past two weeks: 20
Number of times I would prefer to sit down and print report cards per term: 2 (one draft, one final)
Total estimated staff hours required to produce report cards: 25staff X 10hours = 250 staff hours
Time required to administer report cards in June 2005: ongoing over two weeks, 10 half/days
Time actually required to print report cards if deadlines were realistic, enforced, if proof-reading included administrators well ahead of printing date, and there were not data transfer problems: 2 half/days
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