Jackson Public School Board adopts ParentSquare and approves emergency data cabling at Bailey APAC

Jackson Public School District trustees at a board meeting approved adoption of ParentSquare (Education Advance) as the district’s mass‑communication platform and declared an emergency purchase and installation of data cabling at Bailey APAC Middle School.

Director of Planning and Evaluation Dr. Blackshear told the board ParentSquare will replace the district’s existing SchoolStatus system and provide features the district expects will improve family outreach, including dedicated phone numbers for staff in the school area code, two‑way messages with like/comment interactions visible only to recipients, calendar sync for events, electronic permission‑slip submission, and simplified parent‑teacher conferencing. “This ParentSquare will replace our existing one, which you all really know as SchoolStatus,” Dr. Blackshear said. He told trustees the district will begin administrator training July…