Last 12 months I wrote in regards to the qualities of a great faculty district web site. Unfortunately, the varsity district during which my youngsters go to highschool did not learn that weblog publish or did not take any motion based mostly on it. That was pushed house this week as we tried to seek out the varsity provide lists and the schedule for the beginning of the varsity for our youngsters.
The apparent place to look for a college provide listing and the schedule for the beginning of the varsity 12 months is the varsity’s web site. Unfortunately, that has been up to date for the reason that finish of the final faculty 12 months. Supply lists? Nowhere to be discovered. Schedule? The calendar for August is totally clean.
So how did we discover the knowledge that we would have liked? A pal who used to work within the district shared a Facebook publish with me. At that time it was three days outdated! And what if I did not use Facebook (like an rising variety of folks)? We’d nonetheless be questioning about provide lists and schedules.
As I wrote final 12 months, make the knowledge that folks want the primary and most blatant factor in your faculty’s web site. Nobody goes to the varsity’s web site in August to seek out out the outcomes of a fundraising problem from the earlier spring nor do they care about photos from a employees improvement assembly.
On a associated word, listed here are my ideas on newsletters versus social media and blogs for tech coaches.
p.s. I nonetheless suppose it is legal that public colleges do not present all the assets that college students want. Supply lists that value households $50+ per scholar symbolize a monetary hardship for many households and places their youngsters at an obstacle from the primary day of college.