{"id":64,"date":"2021-06-24T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.218.229.253\/blog\/demo\/?p=64"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:49:20","slug":"one-do-it-yourself-project-that-schools-should-never-attempt-school-parent-notification-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolcues.com\/blog\/one-do-it-yourself-project-that-schools-should-never-attempt-school-parent-notification-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"One \u201cDo It Yourself\u201d Project That Schools Should Never Attempt: School Parent Notification Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no question that all schools, public and private, have to watch their budgets these days. As school administrators brace for a challenging new year, many have spent the summer patching up old websites, working out the bugs in their intranet portals, and overhauling old printed materials and forms.<\/p>\n

Because schools are so often financially strapped, there is an ingrained tendency to do as much themselves as possible. We\u2019ve all heard the stories of teachers purchasing their own supplies, often including books and other expensive resources needed to do their jobs. But there is one area that really should be left to third party experts: school communications systems<\/a>. And today\u2019s schools are realizing that they need more than paper and a website to keep parents in touch and tuned in!<\/p>\n

Here are three reasons why, tempting though it may be, it makes more sense to leave communications technology to the experts (app and platform developers, third party applications, etc.)<\/p>\n