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Colorado School District Will Use SchoolMint to Make Open Enrollment Easier, More Equitable, and ReliableGreeley-Evans Weld County School District 6 in Greeley, Colo. has instituted an open enrollment policy for the district and picked SchoolMint to make enrollment a more efficient, equitable process, and eases the application process for parents who may submit applications online or with a mobile device. The SchoolMint Enrollment Management System is a first step in improving the open enrollment process and how families register their children for K-12 schools. Click to Tweet. "We believe SchoolMint will help us build community trust with an equitable and transparent process, and improve our channels of communication with parents," said Mr. Andrew Palmer (News - Alert), director of student information services at Greeley-Evans Weld County Schools. "With a multilingual, mobile-friendly app that allows families to complete digital registration packets with their smartphones, we are leveling the playing field for all of our students and their families." SchoolMint is an online registration, lottery, and enrollment system used by public, private, and charter schools across the country. SchoolMint is a great benefit to schools and to parents because it eases registration and re-enrollment and streamlinesschool operations from Pre-K to graduation. Improving communication between schools and families, ensuring equitable access for all students and closing the communication loop for stakeholders were driving factors for changing how the district enrolled students. With SchoolMint, families who have more than one child in the district can prefill data from one student to another. The data is submitted by families and is then reviewed, verified, and formatted by school staff to meet school policies. "It became necessary to evaluate the benefits of an online solution for our schools. It was time to bring the registration process online, and provide a friendly, and efficient experience for families," said Palmer. "With SchoolMint, we are able to provide customer service to our families and gain real-time insight into enrollment number ebbs and flows for better operational management." "It is always exciting for SchoolMint to work with a district with open enrollment like Greeley-Evans Weld County Schools. Greeley-Evans is bringing equity, greater ease, and improved communications to the families in their district," said Jinal Jhaveri, CEO of EdTech Holdings which includes SchoolMint & Hero K-12. "Our focus is on helping schools create positive learning environments from the point of school selection and registration, through every day of learning, and right up to graduation." About Greeley-Evans School District, Weld County School District 6 Greeley School District 6 was first established in 1870 by the founding fathers of the Union Colony. Evans had its own school district, also established in 1870. In 1962, Evans and Greeley merged school districts and established Greeley-Evans School District 6. District 6 has continued to grow over the years and is now the 13th largest school district in the state of Colorado. Greeley-Evans School District 6 serves more than 22,000 students in the communities of Greeley and Evans, Colorado and includes 27 district-operated schools and six charter schools. About SchoolMint SchoolMint is the leader in strategic enrollment management software for Pre-K-12 schools nationwide. Over 7,500 schools use our products to improve student enrollment, registration, application, lottery, and school choice for families. SchoolMint's mission is to improve the whole student journey and better connect schools with families. Founded in 2013, SchoolMint, along with Hero K12, is a subsidiary of EdTech Holdings (backed by BV Investment Partners). @School_Mint
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