The Okaloosa County School District is in the process of updating their Student Information Software to the new FOCUS Portal. FOCUS will be designed to create easier accessibility for teachers, students, and parents alike.
The district has recognized the importance and need for change in order to keep up with evolving technology and has decided to transition to the Focus SIS for a positive change. In addition to staying up to date with technology, the new SIS will benefit the district in many ways including:
- A more precise workload for district users.
- Effective training.
- Minimized need for additional third-party systems.
- Online registration.
- Digital course requests.
- Convenient ways to communicate with parents and students.
- More access to tracking student progress.
The new program, FOCUS, will officially go live in the Fall of 2022.
“Until now our district has operated with a few different systems that are no longer meeting our needs or the needs of our students and parents,” states Hilary DeMers, the Digital Media and Communications Specialist for the District.
Next year, students and parents will be able to:
- View class schedules.
- Register for classes.
- Communicate with teachers.
- Access discipline notifications.
- And check attendance and grades.
“Focus provides a separate portal for parents and students, both of which provide real-time attendance and grade data. Parent portal is a tool designed to enhance your communication and involvement in your child’s education,” explains DeMers.
The upgraded systems will streamline the district’s education services while at the same time putting more information in the hands of parents than ever before.
“Parents who are registering new students for the new 2022-2023 school year will be asked to create a parent portal account, but won’t have access to the features until September,” says DeMers.
Information on how to register for your Parent Portal account will be provided soon.
