3. You value a private collaborative system, because it gives you one place to go for all information, it expedites communication between parents, faculty, staff, and students.
4. You said it keeps you involved and creates a sense of community.
9. The end of separate EL, ML, and UL parent conferences
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11. The New Parents’ Area Simple and singular. In the main area, you will find all general messages to the parent community in one place. No more cross-posted messages! Keeping it clean and updated. Each area has a designated moderator to ensure that all posts are relevant, not outdated or inappropriate, and not cross-posted everywhere else. Making it clear. Each area has an “About this Conference” to clarify to posters what types of posts are appropriate for the area. A variety of programs, three levels, one community. Since all messages are together, a new subject-line naming system allows you to see everything and decide what you are interested in reading. Or, you can filter by learning level, program, sender, and more.
![What is FirstClass 2011? It all started in the spring, when we asked our parent community to respond to our online survey as part of an ongoing operational communications assessment with all our primary audiences. A small number also participated in a focus group with our consultants. More than 325 parents (over 50%) responded with a wealth of valuable feedback. Overall, you told us: ,[object Object]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)