In summer 2014 we collaborated with Achieve Hartford to design a school search tool that shows city parents their eligible public school choices. Our goal is to replace the existing SmartChoices site, which Trinity created in 2008, with a simpler tool that’s easier for a small non-profit organization to maintain on their own. To accomplish this task, we turned to Google Fusion Tables and the Searchable Map Template created by Derek Eder at DataMade in Chicago. Derek worked with us to expand his open-source code (available on GitHub) to display a sortable table of results in addition to the interactive map. It’s a responsive design, meaning that it adjusts the display to fit the size of your device, such as tablets and smartphones. Learn more about the background of this project and explore the beta version of SmarterHartford.org (which will be publicly launched soon).
