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Tom Zahrt Recognized as First Recipient of the MiCase Award for Collaborative Excellence
Tom Zahrt, formerly of Portage Public Schools and recently appointed Human Resources Manager at Kalamazoo RESA, is the first recipient of the MiCase Award for Collaborative Excellence. Tom was recognized for his collaboration with the MiCase Development Team working on the new Human Capital Management System. In nominating Tom for the Award, Linda Normann, MiCase Developer, shared the following: "Tom is a manager who brings out the best in his staff in a fun and productive way."
Pictured above: Don Dailey presents the Award to Tom Zahrt at the January 2012 Portage Public Schools Board Meeting.
MiCase - The Michigan Collaborative Administrative
Solutions for Education
Software designed specifically for Michigan
school districts. 
The Michigan Collaborative Administrative Solutions for Education (MiCase) Consortium was started with the vision of addressing information systems needs for school districts in Michigan.
MiCase provides Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll and Student Information systems. Currently we are moving from our Windows student system to Pinnacle, a web based student system.
Development is currently centered at Kalamazoo RESA and managed by an Executive Director. Support for consortium applications is provided by staff at Kalamazoo RESA and Van Buren ISD.