Announcing new Attendance Pro for the 2026-2027 school year. Arkadelphia Public Schools August 15, 2026 Arkadelphia Public Schools is pleased to announce a new program through its partnership with Apptegy aimed at improving communication with families about student attendance. This is a new program for every school in the district. This collaboration is part of its commitment to reducing missed class time and to ensuring timely, two-way communication about your child's attendance. On Monday, August 17, 2026, designated parents/guardians will begin receiving a personalized text directly from its Attendance Pro when their child is absent from school. The text will come from one of the following numbers, depending on the student's school: * Peake Elementary School: 1-870-354-5946 * Goza Middle School: 1-870-354-5746 * Arkadelphia High School: 1-870-242-3152 Designated parents/guardians can now text back directly to this number, ask questions about their child's attendance, and send pictures of parent notes and doctor's notes regarding the absence. Once they have this number saved, a designated parent/guardian can initiate a text message to the school regarding absences. PLEASE keep your contact information up-to-date with your child's school. The built-in Attendance Assistant will process their response and update the student's absence reason according to the information provided. Attendance clerks can review the attendance data and can reach out to families via the text number. After watching, please complete the brief participant survey linked below. Once you have submitted the survey, upload proof of your submission using the Google Form provided. The survey submission form will close on August 19 at 3:00 PM. Everyone who submits proof of their completed survey will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Visa gift card. Arkadelphia Public Schools appreciate your continued support as Arkadelphia Public Schools work together to ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed. Parent/guardians can still bring in a paper copy of the parent or doctor's note to the school for processing.

CCPS moving to Apptegy July 1. CCPS moving to new communications platform. Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is shifting to a new communications platform in July to help streamline communication between schools and families. CCPS has contracted with Apptegy, a platform that provides website hosting, mass communication, social media posting and two-way parent and staff communication. All changes noted below are effective July 1, 2026. New look for CCBOE.com As part of the platform launch, CCPS will now host the school system website, and school/center websites through Apptegy. The sites will feature updated designs, easier navigation and consolidated menu structures. The CCPS website will remain www.ccboe.com. However, current website links will change; CCPS will create redirects so parents and staff who have bookmarked important pages, such as school websites, will not lose resources. However, some web URLs may not be updated. Once the new website is live, CCPS will share overview videos so parents, staff and website visitors can quickly learn how to easily navigate the new website. Phone calls, emails Emails continuing from [email protected] CCPS will move to a new mass communication tool as part of the move to Apptegy. CCPS email messages will still come to parents from [email protected] (or through Synergy Mail). The new system will also handle absence notifications and other CCPS or school-related automatic calls, with calls coming from school phone numbers, and text message alerts. New mobile app CCPS will debut a new mobile app on July 1 that will feature push notification alerts, translated content based on the user's preferred language and access to a new two-way parent communication tool called Rooms. The app will feature CCPS news, events and the ability to see the overall CCPS calendar, as well as school/center calendars. The new app will be available in the Apple/Google app stores July 1. Search for Charles County PS (MD) and look for the CCPS Think, Inspire, Grow logo. Stay connected via text alerts. As part of the transition, CCPS text alerts will now come from 98900. Parents and staff who have cell phone numbers on file with CCPS (parents - Synergy; staff - Oracle), will automatically receive text messages from CCPS. To ensure parents and staff don't miss important CCPS or school updates, CCPS recommends staying opted in to receive CCPS and school notifications through text. However, if parents and staff prefer not to receive these updates, they can opt out by texting STOP to 98900. After July 1, CCPS and school text alerts will no longer come from 67587. ParentVue/ StudentVue and Canvas remain. CCPS is not moving away from Synergy, the student information system that supports ParentVue and StudentVue, or from Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) used by teachers to post class assignments, assessments, and class webpages. These platforms remain in place for the 2026-2027 school year. Two-way communication tool - Rooms launching August 2026 As part of the communication platform change, CCPS will use a new two-way parent communication tool called Rooms. Rooms will launch in August with the start of the 2026-2027 school year. As of July 1, CCPS will no longer use or support Talking Points or Class Dojo for school-to-home parent communication. Outside of Rooms, the only other CCPS supported and monitored communication tools are Synergy Mail, CCPS email or sportsYou (mobile app for athletics and clubs). Parents can sign in to Rooms from the CCPS mobile app, or log in from the main CCPS website (coming July 1). Parents will also receive a text message about any new Rooms post or message (prompting them to log into either the CCPS mobile app or the Rooms area of the website). In Rooms, communication between parents, staff and teachers is translated into the user's preferred language. Rooms will launch live for staff and teachers on Aug. 17, when teachers return for the school year. Parent access to Rooms will be available after Aug. 24. Use of Rooms is optional for teachers and staff; however, it is the only CCPS approved two-way communication tool (other than the sportsYou app for athletics and clubs). Apptegy overview for parents.

MCM Technology names Scott Roehrenbeck Chief Technology Officer to define the next generation of intelligent public safety operations. By The MCM Team Raleigh, NC - July 15, 2026 - MCM Technology, leading intelligent operations readiness platform provider for public safety, today announced the appointment of Scott Roehrenbeck as Chief Technology Officer, the latest milestone in the company's continued investment in technology leadership and artificial intelligence following CEO Anthony Rotoli's appointment earlier this year. Roehrenbeck joins MCM as the company accelerates its platform for intelligent operations, bringing more than 20 years of engineering leadership experience, including direct, hands-on work building AI-powered systems. Roehrenbeck's arrival reinforces MCM's commitment to giving public safety agencies the proactive, predictive, and conversational capabilities they need to run more intelligent operations, improve readiness, strengthen compliance, and stay ahead of risk. Most recently, Roehrenbeck served as Chief Technology Officer at Apptegy, a communications SaaS platform. There, he led a full engineering transformation, building the team and foundational practices behind the company's AI exploration initiative and laying the groundwork for AI-powered features that the company later launched at scale. He also served as an External Technology Advisor to Bain & Company, advising consultants and their clients on engineering leadership, AI adoption, and technology strategy for high-growth organizations. "Scott's track record speaks for itself. He's built foundations that turned into real, shipped products and that's what we're really excited about," said Anthony Rotoli, CEO of MCM Technology. "As we build the next era of our platform, having a technology leader with Scott's depth of hands-on AI experience and proven ability to scale engineering organizations is going to be instrumental for our team and for our customers." As CTO, Roehrenbeck will lead MCM's engineering organization and oversee the company's continued advancement of its AI-enabled platform, working closely with Rotoli to deliver on MCM's outcomes-driven roadmap for public safety agencies nationwide. "MCM has spent two decades building trust with public safety agencies that depend on this platform every single day," Roehrenbeck said. "I'm looking forward to bringing the same outcomes-driven approach that's worked throughout my career to help MCM's customers get more out of their data, remain accountable, and stay ahead of risk." About MCM Technology MCM Technology is a leading provider of intelligent operations management for the public safety sector, with more than 300 systems deployed nationwide. Its platform is purpose-built for public safety, giving agencies the visibility, automation, and predictive intelligence they need to stay ahead of risk while remaining configurable to each agency's unique workflows and easy to integrate with existing systems. Learn more at mcmtechnology.com. Media Contact Kae Kronthaler-Williams [email protected]