Website Editing

The SMCPS Webmaster oversees and supports all school and system websites across the district. With over 30 school sites and numerous department and program pages, this is a single-staff role, so availability for one-on-one support may be limited—but assistance is always just a message away.

We proudly offer support and training in:

SMCPS School & Department Website Editing (Finalsite CMS)
Google Sites editing and best practices
Web & digital accessibility guidance, including WCAG and Section 508 compliance
Content strategy and organization support for digital publications

Whether you’re launching a new program page, updating your school site, or creating a Google Site for internal resources, we’re here to help ensure it’s clean, accessible, and on-brand.

School or System Website Editing Assistance

To maintain consistent standards for accessibility, security, content management, and long-term continuity, SMCPS staff must use district-supported platforms when creating websites associated with an SMCPS school, department, program, club, activity, or other official function.

Supported Platforms

SMCPS currently supports:

Finalsite for official district and school websites during the transition to Apptegy.
Apptegy as the district's incoming website platform.
Google Sites created, owned, and managed through official SMCPS staff accounts for approved supplemental websites and resources.

Websites created for official SMCPS purposes should remain within these supported platforms.

Unsupported Website Platforms

Third-party website builders and content management systems that have not been approved or supported by SMCPS should not be used to host official school system websites or web content.

This includes websites created for school clubs, activities, programs, departments, or other SMCPS-affiliated purposes.

The Digital Media Team does not provide training, troubleshooting, accessibility remediation, administrative support, or content recovery for unsupported website platforms.

Links to websites hosted on unsupported platforms may be removed from official SMCPS websites.

Using an unsupported platform may also create unnecessary accessibility, security, privacy, content ownership, records-management, and continuity risks—particularly when websites are created through personal accounts or when the staff member or student responsible for the site leaves the organization.