Schools launch new website

 School District’s new website
School District’s new website

— The Decatur School District launched a newly-designed website last week to better communicate with students and parents.

The school’s website still has the same address, www.decatur.k12.ar.us, but sports a new sleeker design and many new features.

The upgrade was coordinated by the school’s technology director Garrett Reeves and Edline, a school web design company. It will offer teachers the opportunity to each have their own web page where they could potentially upload lessons and assignments, according to superintendent Larry Ben.

The school is still making improvements and adding information to the site, Ben said. He compared the site’s many new features to an empty plate, just waiting to be filled.

Teachers will undergotraining next week on how to use the site’s new features.

“We are excited about having it and learning how we can use it to better engage students and better communicate with parents,” Ben said.

School News, Pages 8 on 10/05/2011