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Board approves ParentSquare to replace ParentLink for district-wide communications, staff and parent pilots planned
Summary
After a vendor demonstration and discussion about translation and two-way communication features, the TUSD governing board voted 4–1 to adopt ParentSquare as the district’s mass-communications platform and to pilot it with staff and parents ahead of a summer rollout.
The Tucson Unified School District governing board voted 4–1 on Jan. 20 to move forward with ParentSquare as a replacement for the district’s legacy mass-communications platform (ParentLink), following a vendor demonstration and discussion about translation, two-way messaging and implementation logistics.
District staff described ParentSquare as a unified communications platform that would provide two-way messaging between teachers and families, automated translation into home languages, targeted group messaging and school-facing services such as digital permission slips and payments. The administration said ParentVUE —…
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