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District unveils redesigned website with translation, live feed and expanded school pages
Summary
Superintendent and communications staff demonstrated a new Gallup-McKinley website that adds an app, language translation, larger message capacity for parent notifications, embedded videos and school-level pages. The board asked about athletics links, ticketing and social feeds.
Gallup-McKinley City Schools staff demonstrated a newly launched district website during the board meeting, saying the platform gives schools and the central office more control over news, translations, live feeds and parent notifications.
Deputy superintendent (presenter) showed the site’s homepage and said a visible pop-up alerted families that "2526 online registration is now open," and that staff can post photos and short video loops directly to the front page. The site includes school-branded pages for events and news, a district app, multilingual translation options (English, Arabic, Spanish and Tagalog) and a live feed that posts to the district’s social accounts.
The new platform also supports longer parent-notification messages — presenters said it removes prior 140-character limits that forced messages to be split — and allows schools to post building-level events and slideshows. Staff said they plan to expand online payment capabilities for tickets and school stores and to add links to third-party services such as Peachjar (district flyers) and MaxPreps (athletics rosters and schedules).
Board members asked whether the site could host live-streamed games, player rosters and links to ticket purchases. A technology staff member confirmed athletics has a dedicated page and said MaxPreps links could be added for rosters. The district said it is exploring online payments for ticketing and merchandise but had not yet launched that functionality.
Kathy Polich, public relations officer who will manage the site, was introduced during the presentation. Staff said Joan (district staff) updates board meeting schedules and agendas on the site and that the technology team keeps the live-meeting stream available during board sessions.
The site demonstration also prompted questions about social-media links, the district’s use of Peachjar for community flyers, and whether parents could engage students’ work such as photo galleries for graduation. Board members encouraged staff to make athletic and graduation resources easy to find and asked staff to follow up on social links and payment options.
