School hopes to connect with app

By the middle of next month, New Hampton Community Schools will have a whole new online look, one geared to how its patrons access the internet and social media.
The School Board this month approved by a 3-2 vote to spend $12,500 to purchase services from Apptegy, a company that will set up an app that the district’s patrons, students and community members can download to their phone.
“One of the things we really have sought is a better way to communicate with our parents and our community,” Superintendent Jay Jurrens said. “This really has the opportunity, in my mind, to change how we communicate with our community.”
For more on this story see the December 31 Tribune.