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Appoquinimink prepares for statewide switch to Infinite Campus; parent portal opens in August
Summary
District staff outlined an Aug. 4 parent-portal go-live and mid/late July district launch as Appoquinimink moves from eSchool to Infinite Campus under a state-mandated transition; transportation integration and a month-long enrollment portal gap are among the implementation concerns.
Appoquinimink School District officials said Tuesday the district will move from the eSchool student information system to Infinite Campus as part of a statewide, Department of Education-directed transition, with the district conversion planned for mid to late July and the new parent portal opening Aug. 4.
The change affects enrollment, attendance, grading, scheduling and integrations with transportation, nutrition and state reporting systems, Brandon Moss, the district’s supervisor of data systems, accountability and assessment, told the board. "We have been meeting with the Infinite Campus implementation team biweekly since October," Moss said, noting the district has completed two trial conversions and more than 800 staff online trainings.
The district said the timeline includes a brief overlap: grades posted to the current eSchool home-access portal will be available through Aug. 7, while the Infinite Campus parent portal opens Aug. 4. The district also plans a new online enrollment portal to go live on July 17; the current online enrollment link was scheduled to be unavailable after June 12. Interim family registration, paper forms and planned communications are in place to limit disruption, Moss said.
School and district staff described other anticipated issues the district is actively addressing: integrating Infinite Campus with the Department of Education transportation system, adapting to the Department of Education’s new model of support (which routes some support requests directly to Infinite Campus rather than through the department), and the risk of confusion when the current eSchool parent portal is closed for part of the summer. "Parents will be able to put their name down," Moss said of the interim registration process, "we'll take down all their information and send them the link when it comes active." Dr. Burrows, the district superintendent, emphasized that the transition is a statewide decision. "This wasn't a decision by the district," Burrows said; "the state has made the transition."
District staff said they are communicating with families ahead of the switch and will continue outreach after launch. Moss said the district’s go-live readiness work includes staff workshops, a staff-facing training site, live workshops from the vendor, and a communications plan already distributed to families. The board did not take action on the item Tuesday; Moss asked trustees to refer questions from the community to district staff so the implementation team can respond quickly.
District officials said they will continue trial conversions and status meetings through June and July to reduce migration problems that affected some districts in the first rollout wave.
