Who we serve Public schools
Websites for school districts.
Families come to check the calendar, enroll a student and see this week’s menus.
Ellmoor Public Schools is fictional, an example site by LFW.
What residents come to do.
A district site is a dozen sites at once: one for the district and one for every school, run by staff who also teach.
Calendars and closings
District and school calendars, early dismissals and closings, with a feed families add to their phones.
Enrollment
New students, kindergarten registration, transfers and the documents to bring.
Meals
Menus, meal accounts and the application for free or reduced-price meals.
Transportation
Bus routes and stops, delays and who to call.
School board
Meetings, agendas, livestreams and board policies.
Report card and wellness policy
The district report card and the local wellness policy, where families and auditors can find them.
What the law expects.
The rules that shape this kind of site, each linked to its source. We read them before we build, and your counsel has the last word.
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ADA Title II web rule
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, special districts included, and so must the documents posted on them.
- Public entities with a total population of 50,000 or more.
- Smaller public entities and special district governments.
Dates from the Department of Justice’s interim final rule of April 20, 2026 (Federal Register 2026-07663).
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District report card
A district that receives Title I funds must prepare an annual report card and make it public, including by placing it on the district’s website.
Source: 20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(2)
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Local wellness policy
A district in the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program must make its local wellness policy and updates available to the public every year, along with its triennial assessment.
Source: 7 CFR 210.31(d)
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Your state’s rules
States add their own posting rules for budgets, policies and board materials, and they differ by state. We build to your state’s list.
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Open meetings
A public board posts notice and an agenda before it meets. Each state’s open-meetings law sets how far ahead and where, and the rules differ by state.
Source: Open Government Guide, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The example site.
Fictional, built by LFW, with the tasks above on its homepage.
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Ellmoor Public Schools
Calendar, enrollment, menus. Larger screenshot of Ellmoor Public Schools
Built in.
LFW’s plugins for WordPress, free as each is released, chosen for what this kind of site does.
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LFW Page Builder
Built, not public yet
One layout for every school site, so each school fills in its own news and calendar without a designer.
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LFW Events Calendar
Built, not public yet
District and school calendars in one system, with a feed for each school.
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LFW Multilingual
Built, not public yet
Enrollment, meals and closings in the languages your families speak at home.
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LFW Editorial Workflow
Built, not public yet
A school’s page changes after its principal or office manager approves, with a record of every change.
Courses for your staff.
Free in LFW Academy, self-paced. No account needed to start.
- Whoever posts closings and safety notices Emergency Notices on Your Website About 90 minutes, in six lessons ending in a drill.
- School office staff who keep a school site current Running a Public Website Day to Day About 2 hours, in eight lessons with tasks on your own site.
- Staff who post newsletters and forms Accessible Content Basics About an hour, in seven lessons.
- The technology director, when staff leave in June Shared Accounts and Offboarding About 90 minutes, in six lessons with tasks on your own accounts.
What it costs.
Prices are the same for every kind of public institution.
Care, $250 a month
Updates and security patches, off-site backups, uptime checked every minute and broken links found daily. Cancel any time.
A site you made, kept
A site you make yourself in your browser is already built, so there is no setup fee: Care starts the month you keep it.
Projects, at a fixed price
An accessibility audit and fix plan is $3,500; a district rebuild is $9,500. Larger scopes and RFPs are quoted in writing.
Make a site for your school district, then keep it.
Make one in your browser and look around first. When you want to keep it, all we need is your email.
Check your inbox. If the address can receive mail, a link is on its way.