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USD 443 staff outline move to ParentSquare Engage to replace TalkingPoints
Summary
District staff presented a planned rollout of ParentSquare’s Engage platform to replace TalkingPoints, citing multilingual support, deeper analytics, Skyward integration and an annual cost of roughly $35,000–$37,000 versus TalkingPoints at about $45,000.
District staff on Monday told the USD 443 Board of Education they plan to replace the district’s current messaging platform, TalkingPoints, with ParentSquare’s Engage product and to roll the district’s website and communications under ParentSquare’s suite.
The staff presentation described Engage as a single platform that supports posts, calendars, secure forms, volunteer and conference sign‑ups, automatic translation and analytics that show whether parents have received and opened communications. "This will replace TalkingPoints," said Victor, a district staff member leading the demonstration. He said the district has already imported demographic data and that the system will sync with the district’s student information system,…
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