Upper Arlington City Schools

Title: Upper Arlington City Schools Category: School Districts Clicks: 1 Listing added: Jul 20, 2007

Within the next few days, the Upper Arlington City School District will launch a new alert-notification service for parents, students, staff, and the community.

At its May 7th meeting, the Board of Education approved a contract with The NTI Group, Inc., to utilize the company’s Connect–ED® which will allow district and school officials to deliver any-time messages to contact district constituents almost immediately. Built exclusively for K–12 educators, the service enables the administrators and designated individuals to record, schedule, send, and track thousands of voice messages in a matter of minutes. These messages include important safety bulletins concerning our schools, information concerning upcoming events or activities in our schools, notifications about student attendance, and school closings.

“Effective communication with parents has a direct impact on the academic success of a student. There is too much information that does not make it from the school into the child’s backpack and home to the parents,” said Dr. Jeff Weaver, Superintendent. “With the Connect-ED® service, we now have the right tool to help us close the backpack gap and help parents stay engaged.”