OSAWATOMIE The Osawatomie USD 367 website is better than ever after several changes were made by assistant technology director Wes Duncan, who helped redesign and build the website at the behest of the district.

With a fresh new look and added features, the website is also cost-free, saving the district thousands of dollars.

We were with SABS, which was $4,000 or $5,000 a year, District Superintendent Gary French said. Its now free because Wes built it. Its a $4,000 to $5,000 savings on a website that is much, much better.

He said the changes have increased functionality of the website and has hopefully made it more user-friendly.

In addition to the new look and formatting, the website now features social media feeds from the districts Facebook and Twitter pages, which will allow the schools to provide information updates almost as soon as they happen.

French said theyve struggled, at times, with keeping the website updated in the past so hes excited about the new features.

Things happen at school every day, in every building, and we needed a way to get that out, he said.

Duncan designed the district website so that each of the school sites are linked to the school social networks of various administrative staff like Justin Burchett. Those networks are all school-related, not personal, French said.

While the information updates wont exactly be live, French said they would nearly be. He used sporting events as his example. Instead of having to wait on game scores, residents will be able to see the scores on the website via the Twitter or Facebook feed as the coaches or staff members post them.

Another plus is that photographs that are uploaded to the schools Facebook page will be visible via the Facebook feed on the website.

He said Duncan has done an excellent job with the website and commended him during Duncans presentation to the school board at the July meeting. Those who are interested in checking out the improved website can visit http://www.usd367.org.

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