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Dearborn schools begin districtwide rollout of ParentSquare; officials cite 99.6% reach and 31% app adoption
Summary
District staff demonstrated ParentSquare’s features and early adoption: automatic translations, two‑way messaging, digital permission slips and monitoring tools. Presenters said 99.6% of communications reach parents, about 55 families remain uncontactable, and roughly 31% have the app; leaders plan phased pushes to increase enrollment.
Dearborn Public Schools presented its new ParentSquare communications platform to the Board of Education on Nov. 10, highlighting features intended to centralize district‑to‑family messages and increase access for multilingual households.
District staff described ParentSquare as a single platform for district posts, direct messages, urgent alerts and translations. "You can do it from your phone," said Katie, a ParentSquare presenter, adding the system provides automatic translations and options for texting or app messages instead of phone calls. Principal Mark Rommel told trustees the tool has…
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