Legacy Develops Web Site
Interactive domain expected within four weeks

The Legacy Early College High School is developing an interactive Web site to help both students and parents involved with the program communicate with their teachers. The site should be ready in the next four weeks, according to Legacy principal Richard Kolek.

“We’re trying to make a Web site that’s going to be a one-stop shop. We want to be just a click away,” Kolek said. “The purpose is to promote our school, and to have better communication between the parents and the people at the school.”

The site, which was funded through a Texas Education Agency grant, will target current and prospective students and their parents.

Current students will have access to classroom lessons and their parents will also be able to track their child’s progress. The ease of access can help students catch up if they miss a day or two and help them stay organized.

“One of the things students have trouble with is organizational skills and prioritizing,” Kolek said. “That’s one of the things we work on with these kids. This will help them do that.”

Parents will also be able to communicate more easily with their child’s teacher, which Legacy administrators advocate.

“Our parents are always in constant communication with teachers by phone or e-mail, and this is just another communication tool,” Kolek said.

Legacy already has a Web page available through the East Williamson County Higher Education Center (EWCHEC) Web site, but it provides general information only.

The new Web site will stand alone, and will involve a password-entry network similar to Taylor ISD’s VSI (View Student Information) and Hutto ISD’s Skyward Student and Family Access networks.

Williams Web Solutions will design the basic site structure and will provide training for teachers and administrators in how to update the web pages to keep information current.

Kolek is anxiously anticipating the site, and finds himself surprised in his dealings with Williams. A local designer is helping with the work, and the site will be developed in stages. The front page will be the first one up and running.

“I never realized there’s so much to building a Web site,” Kolek said.