Knowing where our students are at any given moment is the most fundamental thing we do. For too long, we were doing it with a manual process that only one person on our team could run effectively. Orah changed that completely. Period-by-period attendance is now happening in real time, our teachers adopted it through the app almost immediately, and our team has a live dashboard showing exactly who has permission to be where at any point in the day. The two-way sync with Blackbaud means our SIS stays accurate without anyone having to reconcile it manually. We've only been live a few weeks and it already feels like we've always done it this way, the transition was far smoother than we anticipated. The Orah team was present every step of the way. Once we went live, we had a dedicated account manager ready to troubleshoot anything that came up. We're already looking at how to use it beyond attendance, from managing early dismissals to tracking student movement across campus. If you're still running this stuff on paper, Orah is the answer.
- Kevin Jacobsen, Dean of Students at The Benjamin School