District Management Group

In the middle of scheduling season? Specials are often one of the toughest pieces to get right. One strategy we frequently recommend: schedule specials first.

Here are a few practical tips to help simplify the process.

Building an Elementary Schedule - Part 4: Scheduling Specials Classes When you start building an elementary school schedule, place your specials first to offer a well-balanced curriculum to your students. Learn how.

As the school year comes to a close, thank you to for all you do to support students, schools, and communities. As you begin planning for 2026–27, here are a few questions to consider.

DMGroup Spotlight: Three Questions to Ponder this Summer As another school year comes to an end, we want to recognize the incredible work you've done to support your schools and communities this year. We hope you have the opportunity to enjoy a well-deserved, restful, and joyful summer.

Elementary scheduling can be challenging. That's why we've created the DMSchedules Community—a Facebook group where school and district leaders can learn practical scheduling approaches, exchange ideas with fellow educators, and gain insights from DMSchedules experts.

Join us! https://hubs.ly/Q04lyYTg0

Inside the group, you'll find:
✅ Practical scheduling tips and best practices
✅ Real examples from schools and districts
✅ Discussions on common scheduling challenges and solutions
✅ Resources, walkthroughs, and expert insights
✅ Opportunities to connect with fellow school and district leaders

We look forward to seeing you there!

What started with hybrid scheduling during the pandemic evolved into a districtwide approach to managing time and resources.

Learn how Phoenixville Area SD (PA) uses DMSchedules today to coordinate special education, small groups, and shared staff more effectively. https://hubs.ly/Q04kYMx40

Still scheduling in spreadsheets? Don't let weeks of spreadsheet updates and manual revisions steal from your summer.

Join us for a coffee chat with Principal Chelsea Dziedzic from Seattle Public Schools (WA) to hear how DMSchedules helps her school school save time, simplify scheduling, and create schedules that work for students and staff. https://hubs.ly/Q04kg3H90

Learn how DMGroup helped Acton-Boxborough Regional School District (MA) navigate a path toward long-term sustainability by developing a long-term strategic plan and evaluating reorganization options informed by data and community input.

DMGroup Spotlight: Navigating District Reorganization and Change The case of Acton-Boxborough Regional School District (ABRSD) will likely feel familiar for many districts. Declining enrollment.

When the pandemic forced schools to rethink scheduling overnight, Phoenixville Area School District (PA) turned to DMSchedules to quickly build hybrid schedules that supported social distancing and rotating student cohorts.

What began as a crisis response became a districtwide transformation. Today, Phoenixville Area SD uses DMSchedules for elementary and special education, small group instruction, and shared staff scheduling, giving leaders districtwide full visibility into how time and resources are used.

District Management Journal • PRISM • Transforming the Use of Time: Phoenixville Area School District (PA) When Phoenixville Area School District (PASD) in Pennsylvania made the decision in early 2020 to modernize its elementary scheduling with DMSchedules, leaders …

Still building your school schedule in spreadsheets? There’s a faster and easier way.

Join Principal Chelsea Dziedzic from Seattle Public Schools (WA) and the DMSchedules team for a casual conversation about common scheduling challenges and see how DMSchedules helps schools solve them in real time.

🗓 Tuesday, June 9
🕒 12 pm EST

Register at: https://hubs.ly/Q04j01gM0

Many districts are managing numerous initiatives without a clear framework to prioritize efforts and align around shared goals.

See how Niles Township High School District 219 (IL) partnered with DMG to build a focused, student-centered strategic plan grounded in data and community input. The plan’s five clear priority areas reflect what students, staff, families, and community members identified as most critical to the district’s success.

DMGroup Spotlight: Strategic Planning in Suburban Districts Like many districts, Niles Township High School District 219 (D219), a suburban district in Illinois, struggled to manage numerous well-intentioned initiatives without a clear, unified framework to prioritize efforts, track progress, and ensure accountability towards goals. To create a more focused

Our Fall 2026 Secondary Scheduling Institute is now open for enrollment! https://hubs.ly/Q04gDx1d0

The Institute gives school and district leaders a structured process and clear framework to identify gaps, set priorities, and redesign schedules that are more student-centered.

Take advantage of our Early-bird pricing by Aug 1!

DMGroup's Secondary Scheduling Support: Secondary Scheduling Institute DMGroup's Secondary Scheduling Support. Join our Secondary Scheduling Institute to learn how to design best-in-class middle and high school schedules.