School district switches to online calendars
May 28, 2009
By Laura Geggel
Many a school district calendar rests by the phone of families with school-aged children in the Snoqualmie Valley School District.
Those calendars will soon become artifacts, if not collector’s items. In an effort to save $20,000, the district will no longer print and mail hard copies of district calendars and newsletters.
The new online calendar provides a less-expensive way for families to keep track of district and school events. The district will pay $2,000 per year to use the online Trumba program. To access the calendar, visit www.svsd410.org and select the E-Calendars icon in the bottom right of the page.
Once all of the district’s 10 schools upload their events to the calendar, parents will be able to have the calendar list events from as many schools as they would like. The program will also help people find driving directions to the event. If an event needs volunteers, such as a school clean-up day, people will be able to sign up through the online calendar.
“It’s a time saver, just in terms of efficiency,” District Technology Director Jeff Hogan said.
If people would like a reminder of an event, they can have the online Trumba program send them an e-mail or text message note. The program also allows people to subscribe to the calendar via RSS feed or iCAL.
The Mount Si High School athletic calendar will be posted at www.digitalsports.com.
People who do not have regular Internet access or who want a hard copy of the calendar will be able to print the calendar from the Web site.
Reach reporter Laura Geggel at 392-6434 .221 or lgeggel@snovalleystar.com.
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