Category: Portfolio Archive
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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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Advisory: Promoting the 988 mental health helpline
This post provides considerations for communicating about the newly established Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Line.
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Advisory: Alyssa’s Law requires schools to consider panic alarms
In the wake of ongoing school violence, school districts are required to consider silent panic alarms.
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More districts required to create Foundation Aid plans
Download a template for your district’s Foundation Aid plan
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Communicate strategically about board of education candidates
When it comes to publicizing board of education elections, candidates and community members expect consistency in how individuals are treated.
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Communicating about disruptions due to staffing shortages
Let your school community know how staff shortages may impact schedules and services.
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Federal & state funding: Communication requirements & recommendations
This spring, both the federal government and New York state released requirements for school districts that are receiving money through the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) and/or receiving a foundation aid increase of more than 10% or $10,000,000. To help districts ensure that their ARP-ESSER plan and foundation aid spending…
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Advisory: Data added to NYS Report Card
On Monday, April 26, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) added financial transparency information to its online data dashboard (https://data.nysed.gov/). According to an email from NYSED, this data release adds expenditure per pupil (EPP) and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) data to the New York State Report Card information provided for each district and/or…
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Advisory: Answer common taxpayer questions with a budget Q&A
Communicating about a particular school district’s proposed operating budget typically requires tailoring communications to fit a district’s individual circumstances, priorities and decision-making. However, there are many topics that all school districts must address and that can be communicated near-universally. To help districts answer some common taxpayer questions, the School Communications Portfolio has prepared a Q&A…