By combining the annual report with a district calendar, parents who use the document as their yearly calendar will be more likely to review the contents of the annual report. Conceived in August, 1998. To provide for parents a notification system of school closings due to inclement weather, managed by the Ann Arbor Public Schools, that would be time sensitive, unlimited, and easily accessible. Prior to the establishment of this system, when schools are closed, information is immediately sent to the major radio and television stations by the Executive Director for Community Relations. Biweekly newsletter to all households with K-12 students To report on notable activities, events, and people in the Ann Arbor Public Schools in an accurate, fair, and equitable manner.
Education is an investment.
It is the responsibility of the district to ensure the public schools are viewed as the very crossroads of the community. The district can not, and should not, rely on any outside entity to perform this critical task. The District Drummer has served as the only district level publication distributed to parents of the Ann Arbor school district, and this historically has been done on a quarterly basis. The Communications Committee has reviewed individual school building newsletters sent home with students to parents and recognizes the invaluable source of information these newsletters provide. The newsletter is being proposed as a joint project of the Board of Education, parent groups, and student organizations within the district.