“Before we started unifying enrollment, we counted 17 different applications across the city, which can be overwhelming and confusing [for families]. There was concern that some aspects of the admissions process were unfair to our most vulnerable families. Ultimately, our goal is to make that process more fair and more …

"SchoolMint has also saved our staff valuable time as all application data is uploaded automatically. We’re no longer consumed with being data processors during the three-month application period. We can now be counselors and registrars, and offer our families extra support and guidance as they choose the best school option …

"The Facebook ads helped us clarify and send a strong message that Riverview is a Spanish/English Immersion program. The ads have been shared multiple times, and that gives us the opportunity to reach out to other Latino communities in our area. We also had many parents reach out through the …

“[SchoolMint] provided a way for chief school officers to look for trends across schools and create effective region-wide PD.”

“Because the [SchoolMint] team was so familiar with the Relay framework, it was seamless to adopt both the [SchoolMint] platform and the [Relay] practices. It made it easy for users to adopt.”

“I 100% recommend using [SchoolMint] and don’t see why any middle school wouldn’t.”

“Whetstone [by SchoolMint] created school-wide action steps to better target PD throughout the year.”

“We are building a culture of success grounded in feedback, and that kind of culture transfers well to any learning environment. I’m proud of the progress we’ve made thus far.”

“We’ve been getting a large number of compliments on how easy it is to use the application and how well it works.”

“There was an urgent need to transform the culture. We were looking for interventions for students something that would allow us to get to the root cause of the issue.”

“Hero has helped us focus our efforts on helping things go right instead of reacting to things that have gone wrong. Instead of being reactive, we’re spending the majority of our time being proactive and recognizing the positive. People are focused on the good things, and what you’re focused on …

“What we haven’t done enough of is to recognize those 1,500 students who are doing what they should be doing (and) we’ve been trying to change that narrative.”

“I told the superintendent there was no need to be in the office because we can handle this entire process remotely and more time to support families needing additional support."

"If students are not showing up to do the work, that's just the symptom. That's not the problem. It could be that a student didn't have a computer or their hotspot broke. We [educators] have a responsibility to dig into these barriers to learning early on and Hero helps us …

"Teachers can click a button & get all their student information at one time. Leaders can compare data across schools and collaborate.”