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Communications director reports new district app and rising FOIA requests

Ball Chatham CUSD 5 Board of Education · January 29, 2026
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Summary

Director of communications Danny Fry updated the board on the district’s new website and BCSD5 app (launched November), partnership with Apogee for alerts and two-way 'rooms' messaging, rising FOIA counts and community engagement including town-hall outreach.

Danny Fry, the district’s director of communications, briefed the board Jan. 28 on a suite of communication changes he said are intended to centralize district information and improve outreach.

Fry said the district launched a new website and an app in November; the app is listed as "BCSD5" in the App Store and Google Play. The district partnered with Apogee for the website, app and alerting functions, and Fry said the…

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