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District pitches ParentSquare for school-to-home communications; board tables decision for more review
Summary
Communications staff proposed ParentSquare to replace multiple district and school-level platforms, emphasizing translation, accessibility and two‑way messaging; board voted to table the contract decision to allow staff to investigate alternative vendors and report back.
At the June 10 work-study meeting, Gilbert Public Schools communications staff presented ParentSquare, a district-wide parent‑family‑student communication platform the district proposes to pilot and then adopt for district and school messages, teacher newsletters and two-way parent-teacher interactions.
Dawn McKay (presenter) told the governing board the tool would centralize messaging currently spread among email, district mass-notification software, ClassDojo, Remind and similar systems, and added that ParentSquare offers automated translation, accessibility features, an app and email delivery options, and administrative oversight for messages. She said the district stakeholder review group — teachers, principals, parents, coaches and central-office staff — recommended ParentSquare unanimously during vetting.
Key features staff highlighted included automated language translation (messages auto-translate into a parent’s preferred language), two-way messaging with teacher “office hours” controls,…
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