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K-12 Education
Multi-Site District HubTeacher & Parent PortalsADA/WCAG Compliant

Plataforma de Sitio Web para Distritos Escolares K-12

45 Escuelas. Una Plataforma. Cero Problemas de Complementos.

95+
Lighthouse Score
Mobile performance & accessibility
$45
Monthly Hosting
For the entire district
3-6mo
Finalsite Break-Even
vs $135-360K/yr recurring
0
Plugin Conflicts
No WordPress. No WPML.
What Is a School District Website Platform?

A school district website platform is one web application that handles everything: the district homepage, individual school microsites, teacher class pages, and parent portals — all from a single codebase. WordPress Multisite spins up a separate installation for each school. This platform does it differently — 45 schools share one build, one brand system, and one security surface, using programmatic routing to keep it all together. Teachers edit their own pages. Parents find bus schedules on their phones. IT stops fighting plugin conflicts.

Your 2-person IT team is spending 20+ hours a week on WordPress Multisite maintenance — updates, plugin conflicts, broken themes spread across 45 sites Staff burn out. Security holes pile up on every school site that hasn't been patched yet.
Teachers stopped requesting page updates because tickets sit for 3 weeks before IT gets to them Class info goes stale, parents stop checking the site, and teachers end up scattered across Google Docs trying to fill the gap.
Your district site scores a 38 on Lighthouse mobile Parents can't find bus schedules, lunch menus, or snow day alerts on their phones. They miss critical info, call the front office instead, and prospective families notice.
ADA/WCAG compliance is all over the place because every school runs different themes and plugins K-12 ADA lawsuits are picking up — one inaccessible page on any school site creates district-wide legal exposure.
Finalsite charges $3–8K per school per year Across 45 schools, that's $135–360K annually for a platform you don't own. Multi-year contracts lock you in, costs go up automatically every year, and you're essentially renting your own content back from them.
30% of your district families speak a language other than English, but your site is English-only Federal Title III requirements go unmet. Those families disengage, and they don't come back.
District Hub + School Microsites
One Next.js application handles the district homepage and 45+ school pages through /schools/[name] routing. Superintendent message, board meetings, enrollment, employment, and news live at the district level. Principal message, staff directory, calendar, lunch menu, and PTA info live at the school level. One deployment. One brand system.
Teacher Self-Service Portal
Teachers log in and edit their own class page — syllabus, homework, announcements, resources — without touching IT. Supabase Auth with Row Level Security means a teacher sees only their class, a principal sees their whole school, and district admin sees everything.
Parent Portal with SSO
Parents log in once and get their child's school, upcoming events, cafeteria menu, bus route, and teacher contact info. Single sign-on ties into your existing SIS for grades and attendance. One login covers the whole district, no matter how many schools their kids attend.
ADA/WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance
Semantic HTML, ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, and focus management are baked into every component. One codebase enforces compliance everywhere — not left to 45 separate WordPress themes each drifting in their own direction.
Multi-Language Translation Engine
i18n support for 3–10 languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Somali, and more. Batch translation runs about $22 per language — your entire district in 5 languages for $110. WPML costs $199/year plus ongoing per-page translation on top of that.
Event Calendar + Emergency Alerts
District-wide and school-specific events with filters by school and type — academic, sports, arts, PTA, board meetings. RSVP functionality built in. Push notifications for closures, snow days, and emergencies go out instantly.
Programmatic School Pages
45 schools, 45 dynamic routes, one Next.js build. Adding a school means adding a database row — not standing up a new site.
Role-Based Access Control
Supabase RLS policies enforce teacher → class, principal → school, district admin → everything, right at the database level.
Searchable Staff Directory
District-wide staff search filtered by school, department, and role — plus job postings and online application forms for teacher recruiting.
Static Generation + ISR
School pages generate statically at build time and revalidate when content changes. Sub-second load times, no server spikes during enrollment season.
Cafeteria Menu & Bus Schedules
Structured data feeds for lunch menus and bus routes that parents can filter by school and day. No more PDFs that fall apart on a phone screen.
Board Meeting Integration
Upcoming board meetings with agendas, minutes archives, and live stream links — public records requirements met with documents that are actually searchable and accessible.
01
District Discovery & Content Audit
We audit every existing school site, map content types, identify role requirements, catalog languages, and document SIS/SSO integration points. You get a full architecture spec and content migration plan before we write a line of code.
Weeks 1-2
02
Platform Architecture & Design System
We build the district brand system — typography, colors, component library — and the database schema for schools, staff, events, and class pages. Supabase Auth and RLS policies get defined and tested. You approve everything in Figma before we move on.
Weeks 3-5
03
Core Platform Build
District hub, school microsites, teacher portal, parent portal, event calendar, staff directory, and multi-language support get built and deployed to staging. Each school gets its localized content structure set up.
Weeks 6-10
04
Content Migration & Training
We migrate content from WordPress Multisite or Finalsite into the new platform. Teachers and office staff get hands-on training — editing class pages, posting events, updating menus. Principals learn their school dashboard.
Weeks 11-13
05
Launch & Post-Launch Support
DNS cutover, 301 redirects from old URLs, a Lighthouse audit across every school page, and 30 days of post-launch support. We watch performance, handle edge cases, and make sure every school page hits 95+ on accessibility.
Week 14+
Next.jsSupabaseVercelTailwind CSSnext-intlSupabase AuthRow Level SecurityPostgreSQLResendVercel Analytics

FAQ

How does this replace WordPress Multisite for a school district?

WordPress Multisite gives each school its own installation — its own theme, plugins, and maintenance headache. This platform runs one Next.js application with dynamic routing. Adding a school means adding a database row, not spinning up a new site. One codebase to maintain, one security surface to watch, one deployment that pushes updates to all 45+ schools at once.

Can teachers really update their own class pages without IT help?

Yes. Teachers log into a straightforward editing interface where they see only their assigned class page. They can update their syllabus, post homework, share announcements, and upload resources. Supabase Row Level Security enforces this at the database level — a teacher literally can't see or edit another teacher's content. Principals can review all class pages within their school.

How does the multi-language translation work and what does it cost?

We use next-intl for internationalization routing, then batch-translate content using AI translation services at roughly $22 per language. A 5-language district — English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic — runs about $110 for the initial translation. New content gets translated automatically. WPML costs $199/year, plus manual translation fees per page on top of that.

What about ADA compliance across all school sites?

Every school page shares the same component library, so ADA/WCAG 2.1 AA compliance is enforced by the architecture itself. Semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and focus management are built into each component once and applied everywhere. WordPress Multisite lets each school drift into its own compliance state. This approach delivers consistent 95+ Lighthouse accessibility scores across every site.

How long does migration from Finalsite or WordPress take?

A typical 45-school district goes from kickoff to launch in 13–14 weeks. Content migration from WordPress or Finalsite is handled programmatically — we extract structured content from your existing platform, map it to the new schema, and import in bulk. Staff training runs in weeks 11–13 so your team is ready before go-live.

What does ongoing hosting and maintenance cost after launch?

Hosting on Vercel runs about $45/month for the whole district. Static generation keeps compute minimal even when enrollment season hammers traffic. No per-school licensing, no annual contracts, no plugin update cycles. You own the platform. Your staff handles ongoing content updates through the built-in portals.

District platforms from $30,000
One-time build. $45/mo hosting. 30-day post-launch support included.
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