Why Rapid Notification is Needed
School Safety is Often Fragile. In 2006, according to the NEA, 30% of all schools encountered an event that required a lockdown or a situation requiring an urgent parent alert. This statistic has risen from the 17% recorded just 6 years ago. Are you able to communicate critical, accurate information, restore calm and instill confidence in your ability to handle such
situations effectively? When bad news hits, can you stop rumors cold?
Improve Daily AttendAnce. The better your census results, the more state aid your school can receive. Studies show calling every absent child's parent improves attendance. Are you able to automatically call every parent at home, on their cell or at the office within moments? Improve attendance, assure the safety of every child and potentially increase state aid by lowering absenteeism.
Raise Test Scores. Are you able and ready to call every parent as often as necessary during the year to get their support and involvement? Contacting every parent with personalized messages to remind them about upcoming tests and study sessions is part of the mandated parental communications guidelines for NCLB. Messages sent by the school principal have a powerful impact.
Community Support is Vital. Do you have the means to effectively share successes with parents or identify needs and solicit support? In certain situations it can be critical that you have the ability to communicate with a broader segment of the community, such as registered voters in the district. We have a proven, award winning methodology to help you win votes and garner community support.
Parental Communication is harder than ever, but we can help. Security Voice's Rapid Notification Service reaches everyone, every time, everywhere, in no time. Postal mailings are costly; book bag notices don't make it home; email is not always effective for fast emergency communications. Voice messages on the other hand, are effective, persuasive and immediate.
Weather is Unpredictable. Ensure parents know about delays, cancellations, or early weather dismissals immediately. Make one call or email blast and be assured that within moments, everyone has been called or received an email. Weather is unpredictable but your ability to reach affected parents, drivers and staff isn't when you rely on Security Voice.
Make Data Based Decisions. Polling options allow administrators to survey constituents to provide feedback to assist with policy decisions.