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Upper Darby committee advances TalkingPoints communication tool for June board vote
Summary
The Education and People Services Committee recommended moving a three-year TalkingPoints contract to the full board for a June vote. Staff said the multilingual platform supports two-way messaging, document translation and 150+ languages and estimated an annual cost near $38,000.
The Education and People Services Committee on May 20 advanced a recommendation to bring a three-year contract for the TalkingPoints communications platform to the full Upper Darby School District board at its June meeting.
Dr. Kelly, who presented the item, told committee members the district reviewed three products under Policy 109 and selected TalkingPoints for its two-way messaging, automatic translation and document-translation features. She said the platform is intended to supplement—not replace—existing district tools such as Blackboard and the weekly…
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