SCAD
A few technical glitches are creating some stress for students going into finals week, but they are easily remedied:
SCAD’s online security certificate expired at midnight last night but was restored as of this morning, reported the Information Management and Technology department. When logging into Explorer or Firefox, students and faculty should follow the short steps for “excepting” the certificate and they will be redirected to the MySCAD login page.
The single sign-on from MySCAD to Blackboard is not working and will require students and faculty to enter a user name and password to gain access.
According to a message sent out via e-mail earlier today, the user name is the number on SCAD ID cards, including the leading zeros, and the password is the MySCAD password.
Local
The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board narrowed its funding gap for next school year from $37 million to $4.8 million by eliminating 132 jobs and programs for at-risk students.
At the board’s meeting last night, members also recommended raising property tax rates, implementing two furlough days, creating a hub system for transport of special needs students, and cutting some arts and teen mother programs. The board will adopt a final budget at its June 2 meeting. The current version of the proposed budget is posted on the board’s website.
