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Charles County Public Schools to consolidate communications into single platform with July launch
Summary
The Board heard a presentation on moving multiple communications tools (website, mass notification, classroom messaging) into a single platform, with a planned July 1 launch, a three-year contract cited at about $503,000 and training and data migration scheduled through June.
Charles County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on March 20 that the district will consolidate several communication tools into a single vendor platform with a planned July 1, 2026 launch.
Miss Mackey, the presenter on the item, said the platform (referred to in the presentation as "app to G") is intended to be "a one stop tool for communication" and emphasized it is not a learning management system or a gradebook: "It is a communication tool. It is not a learning management system such as canvas. And it is not a gradebook such as synergy," she said. The change is intended to replace multiple logins and tools currently used by parents, teachers and staff, including School Messenger, Finalsite, TalkingPoints and parts of ClassDojo.
Officials said the district has been researching options for about two years, including demos with other Maryland districts and a back-end review of the vendor experience with districts that already use the platform. Miss Mackey…
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