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Great Valley staff pitch ParentSquare app to centralize communications and add translation features
Summary
Communications staff recommended ParentSquare to replace several district platforms, emphasizing built‑in translation, targeted messaging and a phased implementation; the board will consider a three‑year contract with year‑one cost quoted at about $25,000 and a one‑time onboarding fee.
Communications staff asked the Great Valley School Board to approve a districtwide rollout of ParentSquare, a unified communications platform that the district would use for mass notifications, newsletters and two‑way messaging with automatic translation into more than 90 languages.
Theresa (communications staff) introduced ParentSquare and described how the district evaluated platforms. She said the district sought better translation services for multilingual families and wanted to consolidate multiple systems. "Instead of adding just another tool to our inventory, there are a lot of platforms that are available these days that really condense it all…
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