Clovis Unified School District aims to streamline communication through ParentSquare

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Clovis Unified School District is hoping a caller programme volition let for easier connection with parents.

Starting this year, each students, their parents, and unit volition person entree to ParentSquare.

"We've evidently had for years ways to pass with our parents, but arsenic a district, we've not been unified down a azygous platform," Avants said.

Kelly Avants with the territory says that's wherefore they are introducing ParentSquare.

It's disposable done a smartphone app oregon online.

Similar to a societal media platform, it allows the district, schools, teachers and coaches to pass with parents done a station oregon nonstop message.

The crushed for the alteration came straight from parents themselves.

"We person heard from our parents, they are overwhelmed with the magnitude of connection that it takes to enactment up connected each of that," Avants said.

Avants says getting everyone connected committee to usage 1 exertion alternatively of aggregate volition hopefully marque it easier for parents to enactment up to date.

The app allows parents to customize however they person accusation -- instantly oregon conscionable erstwhile astatine the extremity of the day.

It tin besides facilitate sign-ups oregon RSVPs for an event.

It tin assistance parents pass straight with their child's teacher oregon manager if their superior connection isn't English.

Avants says the outgo of the app for the territory was neutral successful examination of each of the different platforms the territory was utilizing combined.

She says it won't regenerate each systems, but for nonstop communication, they'd similar to marque ParentSquare the superior way.

Parents tin motion up present done an activation email they received oregon registry astatine ParentSquare.com.

Avants asks parents to beryllium diligent arsenic the caller strategy rolls retired and connection moves to the platform.

"We're precise excited astir this move, but it's we're a ample enactment and it's going to instrumentality immoderate clip to displacement over," Avants said.

The app is escaped for families.

Parents are not required to download the app.

Information volition inactive beryllium available, but the territory hopes this volition beryllium a instrumentality for engaged parents to support everything they request successful 1 place.

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