For example, the coordinator of Community Resources secures the contribution of billboards in the area. BISD uses the billboards to advertise for volunteers and partnerships. The Community Resource coordinator summarizes the actions of the school board in Board Briefs . This publication is delivered to all district employees via district mail. In addition to the publications published by the Community Resource Department, each school publishes a school newsletter.
Some campuses send a newsletter home weekly, while others only monthly.
Collaborative partnerships with businesses, educational institutions, community agencies and civic organizations are an excellent way to expand the resources of a school district and involve the community in the schools. A wide variation exists among school districts in the manner in which the community involvement function is performed. Larger school districts have departments that are dedicated to this function and distribute responsibilities for community relations among several people. Smaller districts rely upon staffs of fewer people with each staff member performing a variety of community relations functions and in very small districts the community involvement function is performed by the superintendent and school principals. The coordinator of Community Resources in BISD is responsible for coordinating and supervising the community and parental involvement activities.