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WAYNESBORO, Pa. — When Waynesboro Area School District surveyed students' parents and guardians a year ago, the respondents said they would prefer to get more texts or emails, rather than phone calls, when a teacher or school needed to share a message.
The school district created "Boro Blast" to allow families to opt in to receive texts and emails.
The district is now re-issuing the survey in hopes of gathering more feedback. It will be online at www.wasd.k12.pa.us next week.
The district formed a communications committee in January, 2018, as it sought to improve communications with staff, families and the community, Summitview Elementary School Principal Diane McCallum said.
Some 115 people took the first survey for parents. McCallum said the information gathered proved useful in learning about how people use the district website and their smartphones.
"With our old system, you could only get one phone call per student," she said.
Boro Blast had some issues when first implemented, but is operating more smoothly now, she said.
Not only is the new survey looking for updated feedback about what is done well and what can be done better, it also has a component where someone can register contact information to join the communications committee. It is otherwise anonymous.
The first survey revealed 64 percent of families think their school is doing a "good job" communicating with the public.
The district separately surveyed its employees about communication methods.
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