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Del Valle ISD outlines rollout, costs and language limits for new Aubrey data dashboards
Summary
District staff and Aubrey representatives described a three‑year implementation of a unified data platform that centralizes Skyward and assessment data, confirmed the district is in year one of payments and said family‑facing, multilingual dashboard features are on the product roadmap but not yet fully available.
Del Valle ISD trustees heard a detailed briefing Nov. 18 on Aubrey, a vendor platform the district is implementing to consolidate student information, assessments and third‑party vendor data into a single set of dashboards for administrators, teachers and — in a later phase — families.
Allison O’Rourke, Aubrey’s customer success manager, and district staff described current integrations with the student information system (Skyward), vendor assessment feeds and state data to produce assessment dashboards, an MTSS dashboard and a student 360 view intended as a ‘‘single source of truth’’ for educators. O’Rourke said some dashboards (the district’s public 'by the numbers' dashboard) are already live on the district website and that many custom dashboards remain under development.
Trustees asked whether the three‑year, $274,000 payment plan had begun; staff confirmed the district is in year one of that plan. Board members also asked whether the district had to return for additional approval on the financial impact; presenters said the expenditure had already been approved. Documentation presented to the board indicates staged rollout plans with central office users first, followed by principals and teachers, and later family rollout and multilingual features.
On family access and language support, presenters said that parent‑facing features could be built and that the student 360 family view is not yet available in full; certain components may be available in Spanish sooner, but comprehensive support for the district’s more than 38 languages is not yet implemented and is on the vendor product roadmap. O’Rourke said customizations (explanatory ‘‘info’’ icons, localized labels and filters) can be included as part of district requests.
Trustees also asked about training and ongoing support. District staff and Aubrey said the partnership includes weekly project meetings, vendor training sessions (Aubrey previously provided in‑district training for principals) and continuous vendor support; after the three‑year agreement the district will review options for future support.
Board members asked whether customizations will incur additional cost; presenters said it depends on the scope and complexity of requested builds and that some 'out‑of‑the‑box' dashboards allow faster turnarounds. The district repeatedly emphasized that sample screens shown used placeholder/sample student data and that real student data is protected for privacy.
No formal board action was recorded on the platform at this meeting; trustees asked for additional timeline and rollout details and for follow‑up on family‑facing language support.
