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[1. Meeting Opening]
GOOD MORNING.IT'S 7 34, UM, AND THIS LOVELY TUESDAY MORNING, UH, DECEMBER 6TH, AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2. Information Items]
MORNING WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA ON THE COMMUNICATION, UH, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.UH, AND WE'LL START WITH MISS EMILY ABBOTS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE GONNA BE TOP BILLING THIS MORNING.
UM, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S WORK SESSION FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IS JUST TO INFORM THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT DOES AND SOME EXCITING CHANGES WE HAVE COMING UP WITH OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE.
UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WE'LL DO BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS.
I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR HSE, UM, SINCE APRIL OF 2017.
I CAME FROM THE TV WORLD AS A REPORTER AFTER 10 YEARS AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO LAND THIS WONDERFUL, UM, POSITION HERE.
AND, UM, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT TV EVER SINCE, UM, BECAUSE I STILL GET TO ENJOY DOING SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS OF VIDEO AND EDITING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PEOPLE AND FINDING THOSE STORIES.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
AND THEN NEXT TO ME IS ABBY BROWN.
SHE'S OUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THIS SUMMER TO HIRE A FULL-TIME, UM, SECOND AND COMMAND PERSON TO HELP, UH, LEAD SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO I'LL LET ABBY INTRODUCE HERSELF A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JULY.
UH, PREVIOUSLY I GUESS I STARTED MY CAREER IN MARKETING, MORE OF A MARKETING BACKGROUND AT A Y M C A.
AND THEN BEFORE I CAME HERE, UM, I DID MARKETING IN PR FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER.
AND THEN SITTING NEXT TO ME ON MY LEFT IS CHRIS CORBERT.
HE IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER FOR THE DISTRICT.
HE'S HERE, UM, AS MORAL SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY KIND OF TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT, UM, OUR WEBSITE SWITCH OVER.
AND THEN I PUT THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT INTERN THAT USUALLY TYPICALLY WORKS WITH US.
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I'VE HAD A YEARLY STUDENT INTERN, UM, THAT COMES IN.
NOW WE'RE ON THE BLOCK SCHEDULE.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE BECAUSE THEY GET TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN THIS OFFICE.
AND SO THEY HELP WITH DOING STORIES AND FINDING THOSE LITTLE FUN THINGS TO COVER.
AND WE, UM, PUBLISH THEIR STUFF ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO IT'S BEEN A NICE, UM, EXTRA HELP IN THE OFFICE.
SO, UM, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT ALL THE DEPARTMENT DOES.
UM, SO OF COURSE WE DO INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WEBSITE MANAGEMENT.
WE FIELD MEDIA REQUESTS AND DO FOIA.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD AN UPTICK IN FOYER REQUEST THIS YEAR.
UM, I AM THE ONE WHO RECEIVES THOSE AND THEN I'M KIND OF THE MIDDLE MAN AND THEN PASSES THAT ALONG TO WHOEVER NEEDS TO HELP GATHER THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW TO A T TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT.
UM, WE DEAL WITH CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, EVENT PLANNING, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.
SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, EVENTS WOULD INCLUDE OUR BEFORE THE BELL THAT WE HELD THIS YEAR.
UM, HSC ENGAGE NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, UH, JOB FAIRS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE DONE BIG INITIATIVES SUCH AS REDISTRICTING OR, UM, THE START TIME THING THAT WAS ALL HELPED, UM, OR ASSISTED BY THIS DEPARTMENT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW WE ARE REACHING OUR AUDIENCES.
UM, WE ARE ALMOST ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
UM, WE ARE ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, AND WE JUST LAUNCHED TIKTOK IN AUGUST, UM, WITH OUR STUDENT INTERN.
UM, I WAS VERY HESITANT TO GO ON TIKTOK CAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER PLATFORM TO MANAGE, BUT IT'S BEEN FUN.
UM, AND IT'S A WAY TO REACH KIND OF OUR YOUNGER AUDIENCE.
THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE ARE JUST NATIONAL STATISTICS.
WE DIDN'T PULL THOSE FROM OUR OWN PAGES.
BUT BELOW THAT, TELLING YOU WHO THE AUDIENCE IS, THAT'S WHO WE'RE SEEING ON OUR CHANNELS INTERACTING WITH US.
UM, WE HAVE GROWN A LOT IN, UM, FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS.
WHEN I STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WERE LESS THAN 3000, UM, FOLLOWERS, AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 13,000.
UM, AND WE DON'T PAY FOR ANY KIND OF PROMOTION OR PUSHES.
SO ALL OF THIS IS ORGANIC, UM, CONTENT THAT IS GATHERING PEOPLE.
UM, SOME OF OUR OFF THE BEATEN PATH CHANNELS IS NEXTDOOR.
UM, NEXTDOOR OPENED UP A FEW YEARS AGO TO SCHOOLS.
UM, AND NOW IT IS A FREE SERVICE FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO AUTOMATICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 52,000 PEOPLE A PART OF THAT NEXTDOOR NETWORK.
THAT'S MAINLY MORE OF A EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TOOL AND RECRUITMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HOST OUR PODCAST ON PODBEAN.
UM, THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE WE LAUNCHED, I GUESS, DURING COVID.
UM, AND SO WE'VE DONE A COUPLE EPISODES.
I JUST GOT SOME PODCAST EQUIPMENT, SO WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY KIND OF RAMP THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, UH, DO A LITTLE,
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DO SOME MORE, UM, FUN INTERVIEWS AND COVERAGE THAT WAY.UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, JUST YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WE'VE HAD 4.2 MILLION PAGE VIEWS AND 1 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS COMING TO OUR, UM, WEBSITE.
AND THEN PARENTS WEAR OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING NEW.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REACH VIA EMAIL, PHONE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, ATTRITION RATE ON THAT AND JEFF'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF GETTING EVERYBODY LOADED INTO PARENTS SQUARE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE STARTED OUT, WHEN I CAME IN WARD, WE DID, UM, STARTED NEW WEBSITE PLANNING AND LOGO REBRANDING.
THAT WAS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, UM, WHEN I CAME ON.
AND THEN WE LAUNCHED THAT WEBSITE IN THE SUMMER OF 2018.
UM, ALONG WITH OUR NEW BRANDING, WE ALSO STARTED TACKLING THE REDISTRICTING A LARGE SCALE DISTRICT REDISTRICTING.
IN THAT SAME YEAR WE DID SCHOOL LOGO REFRESHES.
SO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT THE TIME GOT BRAND NEW SCHOOL LOGOS, WHICH WERE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
SOME OF THEM WERE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, WE HELPED WITH THE OPENING OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN WE HAD OUR SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION, UM, RIBBON CUTTING DURING THAT TIME.
UM, THEN THE FOLLOWING, WE, WE DID THE SCHOOL START TIMES, WHICH WAS LIKE A YEAR LONG, UM, PRESENTATION AND STUDY WITH THE PUBLIC.
UM, THAT WAS ALSO THE YEAR WE STARTED WITH COVID 19 COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, I PRODUCED OVER 50 WEEKLY VIDEOS WITH DR.
BOR AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO REACH OUR FAMILIES WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN, THAT WAS THE BEST WAY AND WE WERE REALLY HAMMERING HOME, YOU KNOW, ALL THE UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT WERE GOING.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS PLAN AND COVID WEBPAGE, WHICH IS STILL UP AND RUNNING, BUT EVENTUALLY I THINK WE'LL, UM, BE TAKING THAT DOWN AFTER THE SR FUNDS RUN OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BE TIED TO THAT.
UM, SO THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE LAUNCHED THAT RAISING HSE PODCAST.
UM, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE UPGRADED OUR SNAPSHOTS OF SUCCESS TO INCLUDE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH I HAVE THOUGHT HAS BEEN A REALLY NICE THING.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHY WE'RE BRINGING THOSE KIDS IN BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT THEM THEY'RE DOING IN ACTION, NOT JUST, UM, HEARING IT FROM THEMSELVES.
UM, WE'VE CO-ORGANIZED INFORMATION ON SEL AND WE DID A 20 PLUS VIDEO CAMPAIGN ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
IT WAS A GREAT THING WE INVOLVED STUDENTS AND STAFF IN TALKING ABOUT SEL AND THE COMPONENTS OF IT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
AND THEN THAT SAME YEAR ALSO ASSISTED WITH THE TRANSITION OF DR.
STOKES COMING INTO THE, INTO HSE SCHOOLS.
AND IN THIS PAST YEAR, REDEFINING SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
WE LAUNCHED HSE ENGAGED, UM, LOGO DESIGN FOR DURBIN.
UM, ALSO ASSISTED IN HIRING EVENTS, VIDEO CAMPAIGNS AND DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENTS FOR JOBS.
UM, WE'VE CREATED THE RA REVIEW PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO FAR WE'VE DONE OVER 700 EMPLOYEES HAVE RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS.
UM, SO DON'T FORGET ABOUT SUBMITTING THOSE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
AND THEN WE'VE ORGANIZED A DISTRICTWIDE BEFORE THE BELL EVENT, WHICH HAPPENED THIS SUMMER.
THAT WAS BRAND NEW, UM, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I THINK WE HAD GUESSTIMATE AROUND 3000 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP MAYBE MORE.
UM, BUT THAT WAS MY SAFE GUESS.
UM, THIS COMING YEAR WE'RE STREAMLINING BUILDING NEWSLETTERS VIA S'MORE.
MOST OF, I THINK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS NOW ARE USING S'MORE, SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL FOR PARENTS.
SO THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO TRACK DOWN PDFS AND GO HERE AND THERE AND DOWNLOADING DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, WE'VE CREATED THE DISTRICT TIKTOK ACCOUNT TO DIVERSIFY OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MAYBE SOME OF OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS AND YOUNGER AUDIENCE, UM, ASSISTED WITH TRANSFER OF SKYLAR TO PARENT SQUARE, UH, HIRED ABBY.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IS LAUNCHING OUR NEW DISTRICT AND SCHOOL WEBSITES WITH IMPROVED DESIGN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING SO FAR? I FEEL LIKE I'M BLASTING THROUGH THIS, SO
CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS FROM A SLIDE ABOVE THE HIGHLIGHT ONE? SURE.
I HAVE A, A QUICK OUT OF, WE HANDLE LIKE ALL THOSE NINE AREAS OR SO WHEN YOU HAVE TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE HANDLED BY YOU, DO WE HAVE ANY THAT WE DEDICATE OUT TO LIKE A, AN, UM, EXTERNAL PARTNER THAT WE HAVE? SO IT'S ALL, OR IS IT ALL JUST YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? EVERYTHING'S GOING THROUGH ME AND, AND ABBY.
SO SOMETIMES IF WE, WE TRY TO MONITOR THE BEST WE CAN ON THOSE CHANNELS.
UM, WE DO HAVE RULES SET UP OF ENGAGEMENT, UM, OF GIVING US SOME LEADWAY IF CASE CONVERSATIONS OR TOPICS GET UP THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON THERE.
BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE SLOW TO FOLLOW BECAUSE OF HOW FAST SOME OF THESE CHANNELS MOVE.
LIKE TWITTER FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN, IT, IT FLIES.
SO IF YOU SEE EVER ANYTHING THAT IS A CAUSE OF CONCERN, YOU KNOW, DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION IN THE AUDIENCE BY NUMBERS AREA MM-HMM.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ADDING THAT INTO THE SLIDE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ATTENTION IS GOING.
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LIKE WHEN WE'RE DOING PARENT SQUARE OR NOTE GOES OUT TO THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S VIA EMAIL OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT TRACKS THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAW IT.DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE CAN TRACK LIKE THE OPEN RATES.
UM, PARENTS WEAR EVEN ALLOWS YOU NOW TO LIKE A MESSAGE AND SO DOES OUTLOOK AS WELL.
UM, IF THAT WAS KIND OF A NEW FEATURE, I THINK THAT CAME WITH ONE OF THE DOWNLOADS, BUT UM, WE CAN TRACK THE OPEN RATES.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GET ONTO THE NEW WEBSITE, UM, PLATFORM UPGRADE.
SO WHEN WE, UM, TOOK OVER THE WEBSITE AND REDID IT FROM WHEN CHRIS BUILT THAT WEBSITE,
SO WE ARE OPERATING UNDER A COMPANY NAMED KIN TOCO.
AND DUE TO SOME REQUIRED NETWORK UPGRADES, JUST LIKE ANYTHING WHEN YOU HAVE TO BUY A NEW CELL PHONE BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING, THE TECHNOLOGY'S CHANGING, WE HAVE TO DO A REQUIRED UPGRADE, WHICH WAS GONNA COST UM, MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO AT THAT POINT WE DECIDED TO EXPLORE SOME OTHER OPTIONS OF WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US, UM, YOU KNOW, STAYING WITHIN OUR BUDGET, UM, THAT MAY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND BETTER SUITED FOR OUR NEEDS LONG TERM.
SO AFTER WE DID THAT RESEARCH AND THAT ALL STARTED, UM, THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR OF STARTING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT, UM, PROVIDERS AND TALKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, UM, WE DECIDED TO SWITCH TO FINAL SITE.
AND SO FINAL SITE IS A SCHOOL-BASED PROVIDER.
UM, AND THEY OFFER A LOT OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS.
UM, CHRIS CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THERE'S NO SERVICE, UM, FEES AND LICENSING FEES AND IT'S A STABLE COST STRUCTURE LONG TERM, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, IN TECHNOLOGY, AS CHRIS COULD TELL YOU, THINGS CAN FLUCTUATE A LOT WITH UM, JUST THE WAY THINGS GO.
AND SO THIS'LL BE MORE STABLE AND WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PRICE HIKES BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY'S CHANGING.
UM, I'M GONNA LET ABBY TAKE IT OVER FROM HERE.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ALONG WITH UM, MATT ROSENBERGER, UM, TO TRANSFER OUR INFORMATION OVER.
AND SO WE UM, DID SURVEY SOME OF OUR PRINCIPLES AND WEBMASTER ON SOME OF THE CHANGES THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
WE ALSO USED FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS WEB WEBSITE SURVEYS TO KIND OF MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HELP EASE SOME OF THE HEADACHE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED A LITTLE BIT.
SO ABBY, IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT OVER FROM HERE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A COMPLETELY UPDATED LOOK, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S HONESTLY EASIER TO READ.
IT'S EASIER TO FIND INFORMATION FOR OUR VIEWERS.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NEW ARE THE POPUP ALERTS.
SO THAT JUST MEANS IT'S NOT GONNA BE A BANNER AT THE TOP.
IT'S PHYSICALLY GONNA POP UP ON THE SCREEN AND THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND CLICK OUT OF IT.
UM, SHORTCUTS, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT'S GOING TO PLAY LATER, BUT BASICALLY THOSE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT FOR HSC REPORT, IT CANVAS AND PAR SQUARE.
IT'S JUST A QUICK LINK TO GET TO ACCESS THOSE.
UM, OUR LANDING PAGES, UM, THOSE ARE GONNA JUST BE EASIER TO FIND INFORMATION, UM, TECHNICALLY FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A TAB AT THE TOP.
I'LL PAUSE THE VIDEO AT THE BEGINNING SO I CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT I'M HOPING TO HAVE ICONS THAT SHOWS PAGES THAT ARE FREQUENTLY VISITED SO PARENTS CAN GO, THESE ARE THE PAGES THEY NORMALLY VISIT THAT WE KNOW OF AND THEY CAN CLICK AND ACCESS THAT INFORMATION SO IT'LL BE LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THEM ALONG WITH STUDENTS.
UM, INCREASED EFFICIENCY PER PUB, UM, PUBLISHING THE CONTENT.
SO ON MY END, ON THE BACK END OF THE WEBSITE, I WILL NOW HAVE THE ACCESS TO PUSH INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO IT SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, BY SCHOOL, BY SCHOOL.
SO IT'LL BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF THAT.
AND THEN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, THAT'S A BIG ONE THAT WE BROUGHT IN THAT PEOPLE WERE KIND OF ASKING FOR AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE.
YOU'LL SEE IT ON OUR HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE VIDEO, BUT IT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES.
SO IT JUST TAKES OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS AND POPULATES IT ON THERE.
AND YOU CAN CLICK AND FOLLOW OR INTERACT WITH US.
AND THEN YOU WILL SEE OUR CUSTOMIZ CUSTOMIZABLE PAGES.
THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR LAYOUT OPTIONS JUST TO READ THE INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
UM, THESE ARE CALLED INLINE STYLES AND PARAGRAPH FORMATS.
SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE UNDERNEATH WELCOME UM, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A CALL OUT TEXT AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A LEAD IN TEXT, WHICH IS THE RED RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT ON QUITE A FEW OF OUR PAGES I THINK.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP 'EM DESCRIBE WHAT THAT PAGE IS TALKING ABOUT TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY WANNA READ FURTHER OR NOT.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS PAGE BEFORE AND AFTER.
UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LAYOUT OPTIONS.
SO ALL OF OUR BOXES, THE COLORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AND THEN IT ALSO HAS EASY CLICKABLE BUTTONS.
IT'S NOT FULLY IN THERE YET, SO IT'S NONE OF OUR NEWS STORIES ARE IN THERE YET ON THIS SCREENSHOT,
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BUT IT'S GONNA BE WAY BETTER FOR THE WEBMASTER TO PUT IN THEIR EVENTS, PUT IN THEIR NEWS, PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION.IT'S GONNA BE A ONE STOP SHOP AND THE CONNECT WITH US LIKE YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, AND THAT'S OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER LAYOUT OPTION.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THERE.
UM, WE'LL SEE IT BETTER ON THE VIDEO I HOPE.
BUT IT'S CALLED THE ACCORDION CELL.
IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE AN ACCORDION AND IT SPREADS OUT.
SO YOU CAN FIND LITERALLY THE TOPIC YOU WANNA LEARN ABOUT, SEE ABOUT ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU CLICK IT AND IT GIVES YOU THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CLICK TO READ MORE IF NEEDED.
I'M GONNA PAUSE IT IN THE BEGINNING.
SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY TOP THERE'S THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS TAB.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION'S GONNA BE HOUSED WITH THOSE CLICK LINK ICON BUTTONS.
UM, I'M HOPING TO GET THOSE PAGES DONE THIS WEEK.
SO IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE THEM, I CAN SEND THEM OUT THIS WEEK, SCREENSHOTS OF THEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE UM, OUR TABS AND THEN OVER HERE ARE THE QUICK LINK ALERTS.
THESE CAN BE CHANGED OUT ALL THE TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SAFETY CANVAS AND PARENT SQUARE AND THEN IT'S GONNA SCROLL DOWN SO YOU CAN SEE THE HOMEPAGE.
THESE ARE ALSO QUICK LINKS, IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE HAPPENING IS IN EVENTS AND IT'LL POP UP.
AND THEN ON THIS LITTLE POP UP YOU CAN SCROLL AND YOU CAN CLICK, I CAN PUT A BUTTON THAT SAYS READ MORE, LEARN MORE IF IT'S A LARGER STORY.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT SECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA ADD IN.
SO HERE'S A LIVE VIEW OF THE WELCOME PAGE AND THEN THE COMMUNICATION PAGE AND THEN THE BUTTONS THAT HIGHLIGHT OVER.
ALL RIGHT, OUR ENROLLMENT PAGE, IT WAS PRETTY HARD TO READ AND SIFT THROUGH INFORMATION.
THIS IS A PAGE THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A FEW OTHER PAGES THAT NEED QUITE A BIT OF WORK,
BUT THIS SHOWS THE ACCORDION, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT AND HOW IT EXPANDS AND DROPS DOWN.
AND IT'S JUST SO MUCH EASIER TO READ AND FOR THEM TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN HERE ARE SOME MORE OPTIONS OF THE BLOCK STYLE TO PUT IN THE LAYOUT WITH THE BUTTONS AND OTHER INFORMATION.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A PAGE THAT'S A DEPARTMENT PAGE, JUST A FACILITIES PAGE.
I'M STILL WORKING ON ALL OF THOSE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE EACH OTHER.
UM, THEN AFTER WE WRAP THIS UP, RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THE DISTRICT PAGE.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKS TO DO AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RULE OUT EVERYTHING ON THE SCHOOL PAGES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AFTER THAT'S GONNA COME, TRAINING WITH THE WEB MASTERS AND EVEN THE PUBLIC TO SHOW THEM WHAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND WHAT'S THE SAME, UM, AND HOW TO WORK WITH THAT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH EARLY 2023.
UM, THE WEB WEBSITE IN AND OF ITSELF, IT'S GONNA BE SO GREAT WITH ADA COMPLIANCE AND JUST THE LAYOUT.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT EASIER TO READ AND FOR PEOPLE TO FIND INFORMATION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHANGEOVER.
IT REALLY WILL KIND OF UPDATE US UM, IN TERMS OF LOOK AND APPEAL AND THE WAY UM, PARENTS CAN UTILIZE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN BOXED IN BY OUR CURRENT WEBSITE, I WOULD SAY JUST IN TERMS OF DESIGN ASPECTS.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY, UM, AND MATT AND ABBY WILL BE TESTAMENT TO JUST BEING ABLE TO PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT ON ALL THE PAGES.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW IF A MISTAKE'S MADE ON ONE PAGE AND THE INFORMATION IS PUT ON EVERYONE, YOU'RE GOING TO EACH ONE.
SO THIS WILL REALLY FREE UP SOME TIME, UM, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES QUICKLY, WHICH WILL BE NICE AND HELPFUL FOR THE SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP PUSH OUT INFORMATION FOR THEM A LOT MORE EASILY ON THE, ON THE FRONT OF OUR CURRENT WEBSITE, RIGHT, THERE'S A SECTION, UM, IN THE VERY, VERY MIDDLE THAT WHENEVER THERE'S LIKE A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT, RIGHT? IS THAT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE FRONT OF THIS? THE NEWER ONE? YEAH.
AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT WHEN IT WENT THROUGH.
YEAH, SO IT'LL BE HOUSED LIKE THE EVENT'S A NEW SECTION AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S WAY EASIER TO UPDATE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE SCHOOLS WILL TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I JUST KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S QUICK INFORMATION, JUST HAVING THAT RIGHT UP FRONT AND YOU JUST SLIDE THROUGH UP WHAT WERE ALL THOSE LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
AND I LOVE THAT THAT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MORE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL IT BANDWIDTH OR WHATEVER, THAT YOU'VE ADDED MORE THAT YES.
WE WORK REALLY HARD ON LIKE THE REAL ESTATE OF THE PAGE.
LIKE WHAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGE, WHAT WE THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT VERSUS HOW IT GOES DOWN.
SO WELL I KNOW THAT WHEN WE CAME ON THE BOARD TOO, THAT WAS A BIG THING OUR DISTRICT WAS
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LOOKING FOR WAS BETTER COMMUNICATION.AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT I'M REAL EXCITED TO SEE IT COME OUT IN 23.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE POPUP ALERTS.
JUST KNOWING WHAT INTERNET 1.0 WAS LIKE AND THE POPUPS, I KNOW THERE'S POPUP BLOCKERS.
IS THIS, WERE THE THREE THINGS ON THE SIDE THAT SHOWED, UH, PARENT SQUARE REPORTED? ARE THOSE THE POPUPS? ARE YOU TALKING LIKE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, HEY, NO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF LIKE QUICKLY BUTTONS.
SO ANYTHING WE THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME TO OUR SITE AND WANNA LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF CHOSE PARENT SQUARE AND CANVAS.
AND ARE THERE, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION CHRIS, ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS IF SOMEBODY HAS A POPUP BLOCKER TURNED OFF, WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULDN'T SEE OR THAT, IS THIS SOME SOME NEW POPUP THING THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT? UH, NO.
IT'S, THIS IS UM, UH, PROGRAMMATICALLY IT'S NOT GONNA BE AFFECTED BY POPUP BLOCKERS.
THOSE TEND TO DEAL MORE WITH POPUP WINDOWS AND POPUP TABS.
THIS IS MORE PROGRAMMED INTO THE PAGE.
CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS LIKE THE POPUP BLOCKERS OF YOU WON THE LOTTERY.
UM, THIS IS JUST A BRIEF THING TALKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING FORWARD, UM, JUST INCREASING SUPPORT INTERNALLY, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LURKING TO FIND WAYS TO BUILD THAT EMPLOYEE MORALE AND ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO ONE WAY AS MENTIONED WAS RAY REVIEWS.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JOB AND HAVING THE FOUNDATION INVOLVED WAS A REALLY NICE ASPECT.
UM, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW EACH MONTH WE RANDOMLY DRAW SOMEONE'S NAME FROM THOSE, FROM THAT MONTH'S BATCH OF RA REVIEWS.
UM, AND THEN THEY WIN A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD COURTESY OF THE FOUNDATION AND THEIR UM, DONORS.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE AND WE KIND OF DO KINDA LIKE THE FOUNDATION DOES A PRIZE PATROL AND GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND SURPRISE THE PERSON, UM, AND AND GIVE THEM A GIFT CARD.
AND SO IT'S BEEN JUST A NICE WAY TO BRING SOME CHEER AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEN PEOPLE HEAR, OH WE MIGHT GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS SO YOU'RE MORE
AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR TALENTED STAFF, UM, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.
WE, UM, HAD ASSIGNED OUR INTERN AT ONE POINT TO START DOING SOME BIO PIECES ON SOME OF OUR STAFF.
UM, THOSE ARE STILL KIND OF IN THE WORKS A LITTLE BIT, BUT UM, THOSE USUALLY ARE OUR BEST RANKING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR STAFF.
UM, WHICH IS WONDERFUL CUZ IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF, UM, WITHIN THE SCHOOLS REALLY KIND OF COME OUT AND RALLY AROUND UM, THE PERSON THAT'S BEING HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, SO JUST WE WANNA LOOK AT OFFERING MORE ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE BELL WAS A WONDERFUL THING.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANNA WORK ON IMPROVING THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS SUMMER.
THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH THERE.
UM, WE KIND OF WERE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE WHEN WE WERE PRODUCING THAT EVENT.
AND SO I THINK WE CAN REALLY GET OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR CLUBS AND OUR PERFORMERS ALL INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE THAT MORE OF A FUN, YOU KNOW, INTERACTIVE EVENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY HSE ENGAGED IS ONE OF IT'S GOING WELL.
UM, REALLY ENJOYING THAT AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT PROGRAM WITHOUT OUR BUILDING PRINCIPLES.
AND OF COURSE, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WHO IS HELPING LEAD ALL OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS, UM, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, LOOKING AHEAD, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED TO DR.
KEGLEY BEFORE, LIKE I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO BRING BACK A NIGHT OF INNOVATION OR I HAVE LIKE BIG IDEAS ABOUT DOING A, UM, YOU KNOW, TOUR TO SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING AT IN THE EVENINGS.
I JUST THINK WE CAN LOOK, UM, AHEAD OF HOW WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND SEEING WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT IS BELIEVING IT IN A WAY AS CLICHE AS THAT SOUNDS
AND THEN WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO PUSH THE POSITIVE OUT.
UM, CONTINUING TO SHARE THOSE POSITIVE STORIES.
UM, WE JUST NEED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT WE RECEIVE SOMETIMES, SO WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH DIGGING TO GET THOSE STORIES.
SO WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR BUILDINGS, OUR STAFF TO HELP, YOU KNOW, EMAIL OR USE THE GOOD NEWS AT HSE K12 I N US TO SUBMIT SOME STORY IDEAS.
UM, WE MAY ADD A BUTTON TO THE WEBSITE SO IT'S EASIER, UM, TO HELP PUSH THAT OUT.
THE RAPE REVIEWS HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN GATHERING THOSE KIND OF IDEAS.
BUT UM, WE DO HAVE A LARGE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SO WE OF COURSE DON'T GET TO EVERYTHING AND DON'T SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS UNTIL SOMETIMES AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND IT'S HELPFUL NOW HAVING A SECOND PERSON, YOU KNOW, HERE THAT CAN HELP SEARCH FOR THOSE IDEAS AND GO OUT WHEN NEEDED AS WELL.
WELL, UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
UM, LET'S WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE MAKING SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS THE BEST IT CAN.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF THIS WEBSITE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE.
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RAPIDLY CHANGES ALL THE TIME.THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.
UM, IF I LEAVE ANYBODY WITH A NUGGET OF INFORMATION IS THE GO TO THE GO TO YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR TEACHER, YOUR PRINCIPAL, UM, EVEN REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, PROBLEMS, OR LOOK ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A SEARCH FUNCTION, IT'S EASY TO FIND SOME INFORMATION INSTEAD OF MAYBE CROWDSOURCING FOR IT.
UM, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET ACCURATE INFORMATION FROM THE SOURCE.
SO
GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR TEAM, MUCH NEEDED.
UM, YOU ARE A SMALL DEPARTMENT CONSIDERING OUR SIZE, BUT YOU ALL MANAGED TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT FACT.
WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE EACH, WE HAVE SO MANY SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WHETHER DIFFERENT GRADES, IS THERE A FORMAT THAT YOU HAVE, UM, IN PLACE THAT WHEN A SCHOOL WANTS TO GET SOMETHING OUT TO YOU, DO THEY JUST SEND YOU AN EMAIL OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE THAT UM, HEY, WE'VE GOT THE BIG SPELLING BEE COMING IN IN GRADE SCHOOL AND IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT SUCH AND SUCH ELEMENTARY THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE DISTRICT CALENDARS, DON'T GET ME WRONG AND THINGS ARE GOING ON, BUT TO GO FROM A TO B QUICKLY TO GET TO YOU, IS THERE A FORMAT, WHAT'S THE FORMAT THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE IN PLACE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU? USUALLY PHONE, CALL, EMAIL, AND THEN IT GOES OUT ON SOCIAL AND THEN IT GOES OUT.
SO THERE'S A, AND A LOT OF TIMES HONESTLY WE FIND THINGS ON TWITTER.
UM, OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOOD ABOUT USING TWITTER MM-HMM.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL PULL STUFF FROM THERE OR I'LL SEE THIS AND I'LL BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I WISH THEY HAD TOLD ME, BUT WE'LL TAKE THEIR PICTURES AND I'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION SO THEN WE CAN PUSH IT OUT ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AS WELL AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER OF A STORY.
SO THAT'S HOW SOMETIMES I FIND THINGS OUT
AND I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER ONE.
UM, YOU BROUGHT UP PODCASTS AND I KNOW, UM, FIRSTHAND, LIKE MY SON FOR EXAMPLE, IS INVOLVED IN, IN THE HSE HIGH SCHOOL PODCAST PROGRAM AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND I'M SURE FISHERS HAS ONE TOO.
DO WE LOOK OUT TO THE SCHOOLS BY, BY CHANCE IN PARTNERING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS, HAVING THEM MAYBE PREPARE ANY PODCASTS OR TIDBITS OR YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY CAN ADD TO SHARE OUT THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH THE DISTRICT? SO WHEN WE STARTED THE PODCAST IDEA, UM, IT WE, WE BRANDED AT RAISING HSC AND SO I WAS THINKING I NEEDED A HOOK FOR IT.
AND SO THE WHOLE HOOK OF RAISING HSE WAS WE WOULD COVER IMPORTANT TOPICS ON THE DISTRICT AND THEN WE WOULD LEAVE PARENTS WITH A TIDBIT OF INFORMATION LIKE A PARENTING TIP OR A HACK OR UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GO FROM WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND INVOLVE IT INTO YOUR OWN LIFE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE HAVING DIFFERENT ADMIN LEAD BE HOSTS OF THE PODCAST.
KALEY'S DONE I THINK TWO OR THREE, UM, BROOKE LAWSON'S DONE TWO OR THREE, WELL ACTUALLY SHE'S DONE A SEVERAL ON, YOU KNOW, SOCIABLE, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND UM, I'VE DONE A BAD JOB ON KEEPING IT GOING.
YOU KNOW, WE HIT A A SPOT AND SO NOW WE GOT SOME BETTER EQUIPMENT.
I'M HOPING TO RELAUNCH THAT AND WE'VE TALKED WITH OUR STUDENT INTERN MAYBE OF HELPING HOST SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT INVOLVING STUDENTS SO MUCH AS LIKE BEING UM, THE HOST PER SE.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY, I HAVE A FEW.
UM, YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT FOYER REQUESTS.
UM, YOU SAID YOU'VE SEEN THE SPIKE AND ARISE IN FO YOUR REQUEST.
HOW MUCH TIME DOES THAT TAKE FOR YOU AND APPROXIMATE COST? THAT MIGHT BE A KATIE QUESTION.
UM, AS FAR AS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE TO GET LEGAL INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO SOME UM, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS COME FROM LIKE CORPORATE BUSINESSES OR, UM, I WANNA CALL 'EM LIKE PUBLIC DATA RESEARCHERS AND SO USUALLY THOSE WE CAN HANDLE INTERNALLY.
UM, I THINK BOB RICE JUST HANDLED ONE HELPING ME GET SOME DATA, YOU KNOW, OR THEY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF EQUIPMENT OR BIDDING PROCESS AND SO THOSE DON'T REALLY COST US, UM, OUTSIDE MONEY FOR ATTORNEYS CUZ WE CAN USUALLY HANDLE THOSE INTERNALLY.
UM, SOME OF THE IN-DEPTH ONES THAT ARE ASKING FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, STUDENT INFORMATION OR UH, EMAIL REQUESTS OR SOMETHING THAT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING AND IT INVOLVES MORE STAFF AS WELL.
UM, USUALLY AT THAT POINT I GET DR.
STOKES INVOLVED AND THEN WE GET OUR, UM, TECHNOLOGY FOLKS INVOLVED AND WE GET OUR ATTORNEYS INVOLVED JUST FOR ADVICE IN MAKING SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND UM, IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE THE ATTORNEYS REVIEW THAT SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, UM, GIVING OUT ANY, YOU KNOW, MAKING ANY PRIVACY MISTAKES.
UM, AND THE RAY REVIEWS HUNDRED DOLLARS AWARD THAT IS SPONSORED.
SO THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR NO'S.
TOTALLY ON THE FOUNDATION SIDE, THEY GOT THREE SPONSORS AND IF NOW THE NAMES THEY'RE SLIPPING ME, IT'S REMAX, BAILEY WOOD.
BAILEY WOOD, SORRY, IT'S JUST BAILEY WOOD AND REMAX.
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THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT OF THE BUILDINGS WITH US, SO IT'S BEEN NICE TO HAVE THEM.WELL, YOU KNOW, PARKER MORTGAGE COULD ALSO LIKE, I'M JUST SAYING BE A SPONSOR.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, UM, HOW CAN WE AS BOARD MEMBERS, FORMER BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS BETTER SUPPORT YOU IN GETTING WORD OUT THAT HSE IS NOT A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT AN AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT? YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST BEING POSITIVE ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME TO SAY A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, HIGHER RANKING POSTS END UP BEING KIND OF A NEGATIVE SPIN ON THINGS.
SO IF YOU CAN ADD THAT POSITIVE SPIN OR POINTING THEM INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR INFORMATION IS HELPFUL.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD AN ISSUE RECENTLY AND SOME PEOPLE SAID, OH, WHY DON'T YOU REACH OUT TO THIS PERSON? THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR CONCERN.
AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT, UM, THAT WAS MY GOAL WITH HSC ENGAGE WAS CREATING THESE, UM, FOLKS WHO GOT A LITTLE MORE IN DEEP INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT THEY COULD, WHEN THEY SEE THINGS POP UP IN THE COMMUNITY OR THEY HEAR IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, THAT THEY COULD HELP PUSH THAT POSITIVE MESSAGE AND OR TELL THEM WHERE TO GET THE INFORMATION OR WHO TO TALK TO OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TRY TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SHARE OUR POSTS THAT YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY SEE THINGS FROM THE WEBSITE.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE IDEAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING CERTAINLY.
AND SO YOU AS PARENTS AND AS TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS, YOU MAY NOTICE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T SEE.
SO I APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK AND STORY IDEAS OR THINGS THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT MORE.
ONE THING I HAVE REALIZED IS WE CAN NEVER REPEAT OURSELVES ENOUGH.
UM, I ALWAYS THINK LIKE, OH, WE ALREADY COVERED THAT STORY.
WELL YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER OR DON'T KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT THEN WE'LL ADJOURN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND ALL OF YOUR WORK.