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North Penn committee advances ParentSquare to board for approval after pitch for two-way multilingual messaging
Summary
School officials recommended ParentSquare to replace and expand the district's communications tools, citing two-way translation, community opt-in groups and engagement analytics; the Finance Committee voted to advance the recommendation to a future action meeting.
The North Penn School District Finance Committee voted April 7 to advance a recommendation to adopt ParentSquare as the district's primary family-communication platform, after a presentation that emphasized two-way multilingual messaging, community opt-in groups and engagement tracking.
District Director of School and Community Engagement Christine Liberaski led the presentation, saying the selection followed a year-long vendor review and a cross-functional selection team that tested three national products. "School Messenger sends messages, but ParentSquare builds relationships," Liberaski said, contrasting ParentSquare's two-way translation and family-control features with the district's incumbent system.
Why it matters: The platform is intended to centralize disparate communication…
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