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District to expand Frontline time/attendance for hourly staff; pilot underway, costs disclosed
Summary
Administrators outlined a plan to expand Frontline’s time and attendance software for five bargaining units (excluding teachers), noting pilot work with SEIU and identified startup and annual costs; rollout will be staged and will include manager training.
Waukegan administrators told the board they will expand Frontline’s time and attendance platform to digitize hourly timekeeping for five bargaining units (SEIU and other hourly staff), replacing paper timecards at many sites.
Administration said the district already uses Frontline for absence management and applicant tracking (Aplitrack) and that time and attendance is a different Frontline module. The proposal includes purchasing wall‑mounted or kiosk touch devices and an annual license. District staff identified an estimated capital cost for hardware (touchpoint devices) at about $267,000 and an annual software cost around $81,000, with a multistage pilot already underway for the SEIU group.
Superintendent Moten and staff described the project as a cultural and operational shift. “It’s gonna be painful in the beginning. Right. But the rewards at the end… will be beneficial,” Moten said, describing training needs for supervisors who approve and reconcile time entries. Administrators confirmed payroll and finance are involved and said the pilot is intended to work out issues before wider rollout.
Board members asked whether the system will integrate with payroll and the Inform K‑12 project; administrators said the two initiatives share staff and will be coordinated. Staff also said Frontline can allow manual punches for employees who forget an ID and can surface discrepancies for supervisors to review. Administrators recommended a district system administrator position for the Frontline rollout; staff described redundancy and cross‑training plans so operations would not depend on a single person.
