The master schedule is one of the most important tools a school can use since it schedules one of the most important resources; the students and teachers. And therefore should be highest ranking, optimally effective and accurate. This forms the heartbeat of the school.

The Master schedule for schools has always been a challenge since it can be very complicated to work out and can be very time-consuming for the school counsellors. In fact the number of different permutations available is in the billions, therefore only an extremely efficient computerized program can achieve these optimum results. A good master scheduler program is crucial for smooth running of the school.

The complexity of a master schedule is not only difficult for large schools, but can sometimes be more difficult for smaller schools which have fewer moves or course sections; having fewer teachers and sections available, making it far more limiting than it would for bigger schools.

Good school scheduling software for schools  makes a huge difference in being able to go from planning to printing in a much shorter time period, and resulting in a far better master schedule.

School scheduling intelligent software should also be able to think independently, point out and highlight possible workable solutions, to assist the counselor in making intelligent decisions, in order to produce a wonderful master schedule for their school.

The school master schedule is then distributed to the teachers and students. Using good scheduling software is very important in going from the scheduler planning, to the finalized school master schedule.