Communications Systems Battery Backup

We had begun the process of purchasing battery backup devices for both schools several months ago, but the February 14th power outage has underlined how important it is to make our communications systems more resilient.

Our current plans are to install sufficient battery capacity to keep the network, phones, paging and bell systems operational in all classrooms at both schools for 2 hours during a power outage. The school offices and the district office will continue to have network and phones for 4 hours, to allow for coordination and communication during a prolonged outage.

We are evaluating these plans in light of what we've learned from Thursday's power outage, and will be making adjustments to ensure we are better able to weather the next event.

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This presentation will be discussed at the following public meetings:

March 4, 2019: KSPTA Meeting, 8:30 a.m., Kent Library

March 5, 2019: Kent Site Council Meeting, 3:30 p.m., Kent Office Conference Room

March 14, 2019: Finance Committee Meeting, 3:45 p.m., District Office

March 21, 2019: ELAC/DELAC Meeting, 6 p.m., District Office

School Board Information

Next Meeting: March 12, 2019, 5 p.m. in the District Office.

• The Agenda will be posted by 5 p.m. the Friday before the meeting.

Finance Committee Meeting

• March 14, 2019, 3:45-4:45 p.m., District Office

Communication Committee

At last month's Communications Committee meeting, there was discussion about the ways families wish to receive information from the district. Since we know that only about half of the emails we send with the newsletter link each week are opened, it was deemed important to attempt some different vehicles for sharing news and reminders. To that end, each Thursday evening there will be a text message sent simultaneously with the email containing the link to the newsletter. In addition, text messages announcing events of the next day will occasionally be sent the evening before. The Committee hopes that this variety of delivery methods increases families' knowledge of what's going on in our schools.

March 6, 2019: Bacich ELAC meeting, 8:15-9:30 a.m., Bacich Portable 1

March 21, 2019: DELAC meeting, 5:45-7 p.m., District Office. We will cover topics such as roles of DELAC and ELAC, next year's meeting dates, and agenda items.

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