By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Buhler USD 313 will have a new website before school starts again in the fall.
"Really, what brought it up at the beginning was, when we started looking at our communication structure," said USD 313 Superintendent Cindy Couchman. "We have lots of ways to communicate, which is great, but sometimes that's also a disadvantage, because people are like, was that supposed to be on Facebook, was that coming through an alert? How did I know about that? Was that on their website? This will kind of combine it all into one area."
Parents from the district should see much more seamless communication once everything is up and running.
"The most exciting part is, we're going to get an app," Couchman said. "With that app, it will be much easier to access things like our lunch menus, calendars, you can subscribe to a building. It's going to be integrated with our social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It will be a great way of sending alerts to our families."
Kyle McClure, the district's Director of Innovation, has already shown mockups to Couchman and they are working on the final touches of the design in hopes to launch the site in the coming weeks.