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Parents and PTA warn app glitches and new vendor forms are disrupting communication and fundraisers
Summary
Speakers criticized the district's switch to new communication and payment apps, said vendor re-registration is preventing typical fundraising partnerships, and urged simpler vendor processes and optional payment methods.
Multiple parents and PTA members told the board on Sept. 4 that recent technology and vendor-form changes are impeding communication and fundraising at schools.
Sheila Torres, a parent of three, said the district-directed Rooms app has not given her access to all her children's teachers and that receiving key documents in app-only formats is burdensome. She also said the Chipmunk transportation app did not show buses in real time and that…
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