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How is district size related to a Parent Portal? There are several ways:

  • Technology
  • Parent groups
  • Complexity

Technology choices will look different if you are working with a single school or a large, multi-school district. You may see technologies in a large district that are similar to those selected by large corporations. In a single school campus, technology

Parent groups take on different forms and functions depending on both the size and the nature of the school or district. A single school campus may have a parent group as its governing board. A large district may have parent groups legislated at both the school and district level.

Complexity increases with the size of the school and district. More schools means there are more parent groups to work with, more communities to bring diverse context and opinion to the work of developing the Portal.

Take stock of your situation. When you create your plan, you may need to spend more time at each step to consider the impact of each of these areas will make.