Website redesign for a private or international school in Palm Beach: budget, timeline and risks (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Palm Beach County, a private school website redesign rarely fails because of design and often fails because of published policies: an outdated child protection policy online weighs more than a tired home page. A local agency often quotes $20,000 to $55,000; Kolonell's fixed grid is $2,900 (Starter), $4,900 (Growth) or $8,900 (Premium, the multilingual tier, languages set in the quote), delivered in 3 to 4 weeks once content is ready. The documents remain the school's own, approved by the school; the site organizes them, dates them and makes them accessible.

How do you know a redesign is due?

• The same policy exists in three versions: on the site, in the parent portal and in an old PDF still indexed by Google.
• Nobody knows who approved the last published student handbook, or when.
• PDFs are scanned and unreadable by screen readers, while ADA Title III website accessibility suits are frequent in the US.
• Photos of students from high-profile families circulate with no discretion rule.
• Nothing is ready to announce a closure during hurricane season.

Where should policies live, and who signs them off?

A redesign is the right moment to set one rule per document. Example matrix, to be adapted by school leadership:

Accreditations (FCIS, Cognia) and Florida state reporting obligations appear only as the school actually holds or meets them. This is not legal advice.

How do you stop publishing the wrong version?

Three simple rules are enough: every document shows a version number and an effective date; the old version is removed and its URL redirected to the new one, never left online; a change log records who approved what and when. Child protection documents are published as the school approved them, never rewritten as marketing. For high-profile families, discretion extends to news posts: no full names, no identifiable image without documented parental consent, fast removal on request.

What budget and what timeline?

2026 ballpark figures from typical agency quotes and public rate pages in the county:

Kolonell's price includes a project manager reachable in Eastern Time, native copywriting and 3 months of support; maintenance afterwards is on quote. Details are on the international offer page. The admissions portal, tuition payment, SIS, parent app and calendar feeds remain separate lines on quote, kept and linked.

Timeline: 1 to 3 weeks on the school side to gather and approve documents, then 3 to 4 weeks of build, a July go-live outside admissions, open houses and exams, and 6 weeks of Search Console checks on admissions, curriculum and calendar pages, with a URL inventory and 301 redirects.

When should you prefer a local agency? If the board expects in-person meetings at every stage, or if the project includes a custom admissions portal. Ask every provider how they handle document versions and photo takedowns.

Mini case study

Illustrative example, fictional school: Lantana Ridge School, a small private high school of about 120 students preparing for national exams such as AP. Mr. Alvarez, the head of school, counts 34 policy documents, 20 of them scanned PDFs, published in three different places.

• Kolonell Growth: $4,900.
• Accessible remediation of the 20 PDFs by a specialist vendor: 20 x $80 = $1,600 (third-party cost).

Total: $6,500. Result: 34 documents in one place, each with a version, a date and an approver, and 0 scanned PDFs left.

FAQ

How much does a private school website redesign cost in Palm Beach?

Expect $20,000 to $55,000 with a local agency in 2026. Kolonell is $2,900, $4,900 or $8,900 depending on the tier, portals on quote.

Who should approve the published child protection policy?

The school, under its own governance, often the head of school and the board. The provider publishes the approved document without rewriting it.

Should old versions stay online?

No, remove them and redirect their URL to the current version. Keep the archive internally, with dates and approvers.

How do we protect high-profile families?

No identifiable image without documented consent, and takedowns handled within a set deadline, for example 5 business days.

When should we go live?

In July, with the hurricane closure page ready, followed by 6 weeks of monitoring.

Let's scope your project. A redesign with a versioned policy library, from $4,900 on Growth, delivered in 3 to 4 weeks once content is ready. See the international offer or request a free quote: detailed reply within 48 hours.