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Communications director highlights new 'Start Here' resource, bullying reporting tools and web-accessibility work
Summary
Communications Director Katie Carlson reviewed summer projects and site updates, including a district resource called 'Start Here: Resolving Questions and Concerns,' a prominent bullying-reporting link and a web-accessibility compliance plan with a 2027 deadline.
Katie Carlson, director of communications, presented the department’s priorities for the year and showed where district resources and reporting tools are posted on the website.
Carlson said the district published a summer enrollment update that included a brochure titled Start Here: Resolving Questions and Concerns, created to help parents — including military families new to the district — find the right contacts and escalation paths. “This resource will share various ways throughout the school year,” she said, and the district mailed it to all residents in USD 260 boundaries.
Carlson also described updates to the district website and school pages to make bullying-reporting more visible, adding an explicit “Report Safety and Bullying” icon and linking to the P3 anonymous-reporting app. She said the Kansas State Department of Education recommended districts prominently display procedures for recognizing and reporting bullying.
On web accessibility, Carlson said federal regulations issued Feb. 2024 require state and local government entities, including school districts, to ensure digital accessibility; the district has a compliance deadline of 2027 and will train staff and partners on accessibility best practices for website and social-media content.
Carlson highlighted social-media engagement figures: from Aug. 5 to Sept. 7, the district’s Facebook page had 969,978 views, and posts that spotlighted staff and community stories drew the highest engagement.
