Category: Communications & Engagement Portfolio
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Informing your community about commemorative dates
Communications considerations Use commemorative dates as a way to showcase your school district’s culture, values and priorities. What resonates with your district’s mission, goals and initiatives? What events will be taking place that you will want or need to communicate about? Consider scheduling district events so as not to conflict with days of commemoration that…
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Required notifications for school districts (2023-24)
Updates to lead testing requirements, employment law, and fiscal transparency documents.
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Crafting inclusive communications: A guide for school districts
Learn more about how to implement Portfolio’s Style Guide for Inclusive Communications
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Encourage families to fill out Free and Reduced-Price Lunch applications
Maximize participation in your district’s meal program with these strategies.
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Advisory: Affordable Connectivity Program helps bridge broadband gap
Help families connect to low-cost, high-speed internet service With the prevalence of remote and hybrid learning since 2020, internet access has become a lasting presence in K-12 education. Without access to reliable, high-speed internet, students may be unable to attend class or complete schoolwork in remote or hybrid classrooms. As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,…
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Recent Portfolio Releases
- Prepare for a crisis before it occurs with internal resources for school leaders
- Advisory: Schools must notify parents ahead of safety drills
- Required notifications for school districts (2024-25)
- Explaining changes to the 2024-25 calendar to your school community
- Advisory: Gov. Hochul releases executive budget proposal