Board approves Software Unlimited and TimeClock Plus to replace Paycom and Skyward processes

After a staff presentation and discussion the Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276 Board voted to adopt Software Unlimited for district accounting and payroll and TimeClock Plus for employee timekeeping. The recommendation followed a multi-vendor review that weighed user experience, GL-account integration and total cost of ownership; administrators told the board the combination should reduce the district’s payroll accounting workload and make timecard imports more seamless.

"My recommendation is to switch to software unlimited and I both review these systems, because Lisa will be learning these systems, and she will be utilizing them," said the presenter (speaker S5). The presenter contrasted the district’s prior mix—Skyward for many functions and Paycom for payroll—and flagged difficulty importing general-ledger information from Paycom into Skyward as a persistent problem. The proposal included phased implementation, with Software Unlimited targeted for May 1 and TimeClock Plus scheduled roughly two weeks before that to align with payroll cycles.

Board discussion touched on cloud hosting and the role of IT staff. One board member who voiced procedural concerns said the district needs stronger tech-department involvement in software upgrades and said they would vote against the contract for that reason. Despite that, a majority supported the motion and the board recorded the motion as carried.

The motion authorizing the contract was taken during the meeting’s action items; administrators said TimeClock Plus offered billing proration and installation options to ease the first-year cost burden. No specific contract amounts beyond the vendor estimates presented in the staff packet were finalized in the meeting.