Events still live outside the SIS
Parents still pay athletics fees, camps, and fundraisers on Eventbrite or forms while tuition sits in the student system.
ANNASIS: Parents register and pay on the school system — sports, plays, camps, fundraisers — without add-ons and high fees.
Athletics clearance is a separate product
Students and Faculty still chase physicals, waivers, and coach clearance in FinalForms or paper — disconnected from fees and the family system.
ANNASIS: Athletics + workflows puts clearance on the same household as roster and fees, so Students and Faculty are not juggling another login.
The store is a second login
Parents buy uniforms, books, and trips in Shopify or a volunteer shop that never matches the tuition household.
ANNASIS: Parent purchases land beside tuition — easier for families, cleaner for the office.
Uniform exchange is a Facebook thread
Parents trade used uniforms in Facebook groups Faculty and the office cannot see or support.
ANNASIS: Parents publish, exchange, or purchase in the portal — no middleman, visible to the school.
“Cheap SIS” until finance shows up
The gradebook looked affordable until tuition, messaging, or admissions became paid add-ons.
ANNASIS: Tuition and finance are part of the operating system — not hidden or add-on costs later.
QuickBooks is right — the typing is wrong
Someone retypes the same family into the SIS, the store, and the books.
ANNASIS: Keep QuickBooks as books of record. Operations post so the office stops triple-entry.
You are not ready to rip out the SIS this year
The board will not fund a full platform cutover, but gaps in the operation still hurt — registration, forms, store, athletics, messaging, or billing.
ANNASIS: Sit beside your current SIS and turn on the modules that close those gaps. Expand or replace when the office is ready.