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Kingsport City Schools board approves three-year ParentSquare communications agreement
Summary
The Kingsport City Schools Board of Education approved a three-year agreement to adopt ParentSquare as the districtwide family-communication platform, citing improved attendance workflows, secure archived messaging, translation support and a planned summer rollout; the contract must still clear required multiyear procurement approval (BMA).
The Kingsport City Schools Board of Education on April 28 approved staff’s recommendation to pursue a three-year agreement with ParentSquare to serve as the districtwide communications platform.
District presenters told the board the platform would unify multiple apps families currently use, provide a secure archived portal for staff-student communications, offer translations to preferred languages, and add an attendance dashboard to streamline interventions. "We are coming to you tonight with a recommendation and a request to approve an agreement with ParentSquare," a district presenter said during the special called meeting.
Why it matters: the district said the platform affects more than 7,000 students, and staff framed archiving and a single, auditable channel as safety and compliance improvements.…
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