What kind of company is this? Their website is a wreck, the login system to the support site doesn't even work, by that I mean you can provide any credentials and it'll let you in. Once inside, there's nothing there!
A google for SchoolMax returns:
SchoolMax Sucks Facebook Group (Students): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66046055790
(Year 2009-2010 Week 1: 3392 Members)
First comment:
"Every year,our scheduling coordinator at Roosevelt Mr. Horn starts working on entering schedules into the system from February to July. He enters the schedules into a computer program called "The Scheduler." Every year, The Scheduler is only able to automatically enter the schedules of about 75% of the students; the other 25%, which is about 600-700 students, have scheduling issues that the program can't fix on its own. When this happens, the program leaves the schedule in the system incomplete and moves on to the next one. This is where Mr. Horn comes in. Mr. Horn, from July to August, sits with The Scheduler and works out the remaining 25% of the students' schedules. By the time school starts back up, he has most of the students' schedules worked out. The remaining students go to the auditorium and wait for their schedules to be finished; the average student's schedule takes 5-10 minutes to be entered into the system.
Now, this year, the county wanted him to use SchoolMax for Eleanor Roosevelt's scheduling. The program, which he was only able to start using in May, was able to get 77% of the student's schedules in. However, SchoolMax, not being able to work out the remaining 33% of the schedules, removed them completely from the system instead of leaving them incomplete. Because of this, Mr. Horn had to enter and work out the missing schedules from scratch. They didn't want him doing this over the summer, however, because they were working on the program, which apparently required it to be down the entire time. Now, instead of Mr. Horn getting to work in late June/early July, they allowed him into the program on August 7th. This left him with 17 days to attempt to do what usually takes him more than two months. In addition, SchoolMax's scheduling program is incredibly slow compared to The Scheduler. Instead of 5-10 minutes for a schedule to be registered in the system, it now can take up to 45 minutes.
In conclusion, the No Child Left Behind Act left behind about 631 students yesterday at Roosevelt."
http://www1.pgcps.org/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=98146
LOL..
Who would give this company 4 million dollars?