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Huron encourages parents to use Infinite Campus; district reports more than 225 parent accounts
Summary
The district's technology director described Infinite Campus features, reported over 225 parent logins since August, confirmed notification and password‑reset functions, and cautioned that language support and inconsistent parent email registration mean the district will continue multi‑channel communications.
Huron School District’s technology department gave a demonstration and update on Infinite Campus at the Nov. 10 board meeting and encouraged more parents to sign up for the parent portal.
"This tool, Infinite Campus, is very helpful," Roger Ahlers told the board, explaining the portal shows attendance, grades and allows parents to communicate with the school office and individual teachers. Ahlers said more than 225 parents had logged in since August and urged families to register so they can see all children in a household under a single login.
Ahlers outlined recent improvements: district staff enabled a 'forgot password' reset button so parents with a registered email address can self‑reset rather than contacting technology staff. He said notifications are built into the app and browser so parents can receive alerts when grades or attendance items post, and a bell icon lists recent messages.
Board members asked whether the portal packet is included in routine registration materials; Ahlers said building principals typically include the parent‑portal request form in registration bundles and new‑student packets. Members also discussed moving toward paperless communications to save postage and printing costs; Ahlers said going fully paperless would be an administrative decision and would require parents to provide email addresses and the district to address language support issues. He noted some languages (for example, Korean) are difficult to automate in the system, so the district still uses multiple channels to reach families.
Next steps: the technology department will continue to support account setup and password resets, encourage families to register email addresses for notifications and work with building staff on outreach and translation needs.
