UCPS tech update: Infinite Campus migration, Teams-based phone rollout and Google consent deadline

Union County Public Schools technology staff told the SPIT Committee on Feb. 26 that the district has moved its student information into Infinite Campus as part of a statewide migration and is in the final quarter of a 12‑milestone project plan.

Mr. Parker, who led the update, said the district completed 10 of 12 project milestones and conducted in‑person training for data managers to perform data sanitization within Infinite Campus. "Part of this month was actually the in person training of our data managers where they actually saw their information within the Infinite Campus program and they were able to perform data sanitization on it," Parker said. He reported that district data was moved from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus beginning Jan. 17 and that staff will continue targeted communications for guardians and parents about creating accounts and using the mobile app.

On communications and next steps, Parker said the district would run "train the trainer" sessions where data managers and school champions will return to their buildings to show staff how to set up grade books, manage schedules and use the web portals. He said online registration forms will be integrated into Infinite Campus so parents can complete back‑to‑school forms within the platform.

Parker also outlined a multiyear shift of the district phone system from an on‑premises Cisco Call Manager to a Teams‑integrated voice‑over‑IP platform. The plan calls for converting roughly 26 schools between the current month and the end of June, with a full district rollout expected by the end of 2026. Parker said the Teams platform will enable long‑distance calling from every phone and that most school conversions will occur after hours to minimize disruptions; 911 routing and other emergency services will be tested during deployments.

The technology update included an item on Google and recent COPPA-related guidance from the Federal Trade Commission. Parker summarized that Google now requires parental consent for certain add-on Google services for users under 18 and that the district must collect consent by March 31. He described the distinction between Google’s "core services" (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Classroom) — which do not require additional consent — and add-ons such as Colab, Maps, Earth and YouTube, which Google has identified as services that require parental consent when used by minors.

Parker said the district would issue an electronic consent form and paper options for families who need them, and would track submissions by school so each school can monitor its completion percentage. He also noted that Lightspeed is the state's off‑site filtering platform for students and that the district is coordinating filtering work across platforms.

Parker concluded that staff will post a projects list and status updates in the superintendent’s weekly update and continue to brief the committee and board as milestones are completed.