Case Study: Hermon School Department achieves modernized finance and improved payroll accuracy with Tyler Technologies' School ERP Pro

Modernizing Finance Processes With a Right-Sized ERP System

Hermon School Department, a 1,400‑student district in Hermon, Maine, faced a pressing need to modernize after relying on a legacy ERP for more than 25 years. New Finance Director Jamie Youngblood found the old system lacking key finance functions and basic searchability, forcing workarounds in spreadsheets and creating inefficiencies the district could no longer sustain.

The district implemented Tyler’s School ERP Pro—a right‑sized, cloud‑based solution—remotely during the pandemic. The new system fixed payroll setup issues, reduced manual entry errors, gave schools direct access to enter AP and run reports, enabled approvals from anywhere, and freed finance staff to focus on forecasting and analysis; Youngblood now advocates for the product and contributes feedback through the vendor’s Innovator Program.

Hermon School Department

Jamie Youngblood

Director of Finance