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WARM WELCOME, GUYS. THANKS, JODI. WELL, THE BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE IS CHANGING UP THE WAY IT COMMUNICATES WITH FAMILIES THIS SCHOOL YEAR. DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ROLLING OUT A NEW APP, ����vlog. OLIVIA TYLER SPOKE TO THE DISTRICT AND IS BREAKING DOWN THE SWITCH. DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SWITCHING FROM SNAP CONNECT TO PARENTSQUARE, A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALREADY USED AT MORE THAN THREE DOZEN OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, AND DMPS RAN A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE APP AT FOUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING HERE AT NORTH HIGH, AND SAY THEY SAW GREAT RESULTS. IT WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY HUB FOR EVERYTHING FROM ONE ON ONE TEACHER MESSAGES TO SCHOOL WIDE NEWSLETTERS, EVENT NOTICES AND PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE UPDATES. IT ALSO STORES PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION, CLASS SCHEDULES, GRADES AND PERMISSION SLIPS, WITH PLANS TO EVENTUALLY TIE IT INTO ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATIONS AS WELL. IT’S ALSO SET UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF I’M. TEACHING AN AP BIOLOGY CLASS, I CAN SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO ALL OF THAT CLASS. OR IF I’M, YOU KNOW, SAY, COACHING THE NINTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, I’M ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THAT FOOTBALL TEAM. THE DISTRICT SAYS PARENTS DON’T EVEN ACTUALLY NEED THE APP DOWNLOADED TO RECEIVE ALL UPDATES. THEY WILL STILL GET IMPORTANT MESSAGES BY TEXT OR EMAIL. AND INSTEAD OF TONS OF MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE NEW SYSTEM IS SET TO BUNDLE UPDATES INTO ONE DAILY DIGEST. IT CAN ALSO SEND OUT URGENT ALERTS RIGHT AWAY, LIKE IF CLASSES ARE DISMISSED EARLY FOR WEATHER, OFFICIALS SAY OVER 100 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT AT ANY TIME, AND THE APP WILL SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT BRIDGE BETWEEN STAFF, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH PARENTS WERE SET UP TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 190 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. RIGHT NOW, AND SO THIS REALLY GIVES US JUST A VERY DEEP, STRONG REACH TO BE ABLE TO TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY, THEY SPEAK. THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY’VE BEEN SENDING OUT INVITATIONS AND REMINDERS SINCE MAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL. BUT THEY ASK THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS DOUBLE CHECK THAT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE. TO RECEIVE MESSAGES IN DES MOINES, OLI