<p>NORTH RIDGEVILLE - The city school district will contract with eSchoolView for its Instant Connect telephone messaging system.</p><p>The school board March 19 approved awarding a contract running through June 30, 2015 to the company for its system that automatically dials parents with a prerecorded message in the event of a school cancellation or emergency. Instant Connect will replace AlertNow, a system the school district has been using for the same purpose.</p><p>The board opted to make the change because the new system will save the district money, and it will integrate better with other software the district plans to use.</p><p>"It's certainly cheaper than our current AlertNow program," said Bill Greene, executive director for business services. "It still allows us to do the mass numbers of people in a short amount of time through telephone messages, but it's much cheaper."</p><p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/north-ridgeville/index.ssf/2013/03/north_ridgeville_schools_switc.html">Keep reading...</a></p>