A new more up-to-date and user-friendly website was launched for Western School Division (WSD) last week.

"Our old website was getting quite outdated," said WSD Secretary-Treasurer Carl Pedersen.

Pedersen explained outdated coding it made it difficult to work with and harder to update. He added the update has been in the works for the last number of years.

The website launched last week Tuesday and has received a positive response so far.

"The nice thing now is that it's a nice consistent look and feel between the school division main page and as you go to each of the schools their page is framed the same way," said Pedersen.

A perk of the new website is each school can update their own pages. For example, Ecole Morden Middle School has created three separate calendars for staff, students, and parents. One is for school events, another for athletics, and a third for club events.

Pedersen said they are still open to suggestions to help improve the website.