District 128 vs BrightArrow ParentHub

The District 128 app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and explicitly formatted for consumption on their mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and you have access to the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the District 128 app is drawn from the same source as the District 128 website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.

BrightArrow Technologies revolutionizes the way organizations automatically deliver messages simultaneously to large groups of people. Its mass notification system is loaded with features to deliver voice calls, text messages, emails, social media posts and push notifications seamlessly in a single action. We are introducing ParentHub, BrightArrow's school-to-parent communication app designed to streamline and consolidate each parent's communication with their students' schools. We deliver all communication interactions in a feed that allows access and searching of all information in one convenient location, combined with an easy way to reach out to teachers and coaches, all accessible through a seamless, user-friendly interface. In the first iteration of ParentHub, the following features have been implemented: - Centralized and Detailed Communications with Feeds - Urgent Alerts and Announcements - Two-Way Chats (Instant Messaging)