Close to 1100 of these programs were date impacted. Remediation of these programs began in September of 1997 and entered the testing phase in February of 1999. The projected completion date for system-wide testing of the financial and student records is November 8, 1999. Personal Computers at the Central Office CPS has developed a plan to address the remediation of the 1650 desktop PCs at the Central Office. The Y2K strategy includes the purchase of 350 new Y2K compliant PCs and the assessment, remediation, and testing of the remaining 1300 PCs.
Deployment is currently in process.
The projected completion date is November 8, 1999. Each of the 600 schools that make up CPS must have at least one administrative PC to purchase goods and services, to access and update student records, and to run the payroll software. CPS developed to a plan to purchase and set up one new Y2K compliant Pentium II class PC for each school and regional office. The rollout of these PCs is in process with a scheduled completion date of October 31. The Y2K project team has provided them information and guidance in their efforts and is also making available a remediation service.