Website revamp designed to increase parent engagement
Parents and community members in St. Marys City Schools have a new view into the school system thanks to a complete revamp of its website.
School officials looked for a vendor to develop a site that allowed for collaboration among staff and increased parent engagement. Technology Coordinator Kyle Menchhofer said the tools offered by eSchoolView rose to the top.
“We now have a website that is tailored to our district and the needs of parents, staff and community members,” he said. “It is important we — as the primary source of information — are able to share news and other items in timely manner that are easy to find and easy to understand.”
The new site features a unique photo banner and has a responsive mobile companion when accessed from a handheld device. The site is built on a content management system eSchoolView created specifically for schools.
“The tools we offer at eSchoolView are created with the end-user in mind because we want to help school systems and education organizations build relationships with their communities,” Executive Director Rob O'Leary said. “We are an extension of the district, offering expertise and service so the administration and staff can focus on the their number one priority: educating the students.”
St. Marys’ site has new and improved navigation, calendar functions and a section dedicated to the community. It also incorporates Instant Connect, an emergency alert system with an embedded anti-bullying component, the eSV2Go Mobile App and OneView, a centralized system that assists parents and staff with the management of student forms.
eSchoolView builds custom websites for public, private, charter and faith-based K-12 schools and creates other education management products. Its CMS platform also expands a school system’s reach through the ability to embed blogs, surveys, RSS feeds, e-newsletters, podcasts and live broadcasts.
“We build custom websites,” O’Leary said, “but our main goal is to build more effective relationships between school systems and their communities.”
eSchoolView, an award-winning company based in Columbus, Ohio, hosts sites across the country.
Founded in 2008, eSchoolView’s revenue growth has landed the company near the top third of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for three consecutive years.
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