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Chandler Unified superintendent previews 2025-26 initiatives: digital hall passes, absence reporting, unified start times
Summary
Superintendent Frank Narducci previewed initiatives for the 2025-26 school year including digital hall passes and absence reporting through the Infinite Campus parent portal, expanded lessons on kindness and bullying prevention for K-9, unified start/end times at elementary schools and a district website redesign.
Superintendent Frank Narducci presented an overview of student-facing and operational initiatives the district plans to roll out for the 2025-26 school year during the June 11 board meeting.
Narducci said the district will provide kindergarten through ninth-grade students lessons focused on "kindness, civility, and bullying prevention" and will introduce a digital hall pass at secondary schools that parents can access through the parent portal on Infinite Campus. "Digital hall pass will be accessed through the parent portal on Infinite Campus," he said. He added that the parent portal will also gain a feature allowing parents to digitally report student absences.
The superintendent said the district's governing board policy on responsible technology use is aligned with a recently enacted state law about cell phone use in schools; in classrooms, cell phone use "is guided by teacher expectations and should be for academic purposes only," he said. Narducci also said start and end times for elementary schools have been unified and junior high start and end times will be more closely aligned to support transportation logistics.
Staff described continuing district investment in student devices and capital-aligned software. Officials said recurring instructional software, cybersecurity tools and student information systems are being funded through capital and that device and audio-visual replacement cycles are mapped out on school-by-school spreadsheets that staff can provide. Narducci also noted that the district continues to provide home Wi-Fi support that began during the COVID period and that the district has moved to a 1:1 device model for students.
The board received the presentation as informational; no formal action was recorded on the initiatives during the June 11 meeting. Narducci also offered brief recognition of district athletic achievements and a social media video spotlight that had reached more than 100,000 views.
