Albany County School District 1 launches ParentSquare, ends Remind use

Albany County School District 1 has switched its families to ParentSquare, ending Remind use and changing where parents, guardians, teachers, coaches and office staff will handle day-to-day school communication. The district’s homepage says the new platform has officially launched, and Remind will no longer be available.

For households in Laramie, Centennial and Rock River, the practical effect is immediate. Attendance notices, event reminders, schedule changes, teacher messages and emergency updates are expected to move through one system instead of multiple apps. ACSD#1 says ParentSquare can send notifications directly to a phone and email without requiring families to sign up just to receive messages, but anyone who wants to do more than passively get alerts must register an account.

The district said it will officially use ParentSquare for all communication starting May 11, 2026. ParentSquare describes itself as an all-in-one K-12 family engagement platform used by more than 42,000 schools and 22 million students, with communication across text, email, app and voice. It also says messages can be translated instantly into more than 190 languages, a feature that could matter in a district that serves 3,280 students across 12 schools and two public charters.

ACSD#1’s ParentSquare information page says the Join My School form is currently unavailable, and families who need help are being directed to contact their boundary-area school. That makes enrollment details and contact accuracy especially important. The district’s enrollment page tells families to determine their neighborhood school using the boundary map and then contact that school for enrollment assistance, so the right school assignment is tied directly to whether a household receives the right messages.

Rock River School had already told families that Remind was the main way teachers and staff communicated with families, underscoring that ParentSquare is replacing an existing channel rather than adding a new convenience. The district’s own materials frame the change as part of a broader effort to keep families better informed and more connected to their school community.

One district page still adds confusion to the transition. The emergency alert page says it does not replace Remind and that parents would continue to receive notifications through that platform, which does not match the newer ParentSquare launch notice. For now, the clearest signal for Albany County families is the one on the district homepage: ParentSquare is the new system, Remind is out, and households that want full access need to make the switch before the next round of school notices goes out.