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North Penn to replace SchoolMessenger with ParentSquare, emphasizing translation and two-way messaging
Summary
District leaders demonstrated ParentSquare as the replacement for SchoolMessenger, highlighting a digest option, two-way staff-to-family messaging and automated translation so families receive communications in their preferred language.
Dr. Bauer demonstrated ParentSquare as the district’s new mass-notification and communications platform, saying it will replace SchoolMessenger and add features the district lacked previously.
"The greatest feature of it all is translation services," Dr. Bauer said, describing automatic translation so that a Spanish-speaking family receives messages in Spanish and staff can receive translated replies in English. He said ParentSquare also offers scheduled digests and a customizable feed so families see only the announcements relevant to them.
Officials said the change will be phased and will take time to fully implement but is intended to consolidate messages from multiple channels into one district-managed app to reduce duplicate notifications.
