www'sbschools'org

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www.sbschools.org
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A web site is like a diner.

• "It has a core arsenal of standard dishesbut it
  also must have a regularly changing specials menu
  that keeps its regular customers coming back for
  more. The assumption...is that a Web
  citizen...visits the site on a weekly, if not
  daily, basis.
• -Gerald M. OConnell from A New Pitch, Internet
  World

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Great Web Sites The Essentials(webreference.com)

• Credible
• Original
• Well-edited
• Responsive
• Organized
• Easy to read
• Easy to navigate
• Interactive

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Mission Statement

• The South Brunswick Web Site will be an integral
  part of a communications system that allows for a
  flow of accurate and timely information
  responsive to the needs of the district and
  community.

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www.sbschools.org
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Web site Goals
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Goals

• Consistency!
• Appealing look
• Easy to navigate
• Important resource
• Timely and accurate
• School Web Teams

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What A Difference A Year Makes
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New Features

• Switch from frame-based pages to inclusive pages
• Tiered navigation
• Redesigned, faster staff listing
• Redesigned announcement banner
• Building-based announcement banner
• Emergency Mailing List

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New Features

• FAQ system
• Homework Lister
• School Webmasters and Web teams
• A team approach to reviewing and posting content
• Updated Board Highlights and Agendas

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At the Schools
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The Process

• Web Team meetings
• Clean sweep of each site
• Established needs, goals, audiences and ways to
  make each school site an effective communication
  tool and reliable resource
• Evaluated feedback, formulated recommendations
• Presented recommendations to Web Oversight
  Committee for approval
• Work in progress

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Elementary Schools

• Consistency!
• Many new features -
• Principals/PTO Newsletters
• Photograph and message from Principal/AP
• Contact Information for a teacher
• Updated Information from the Nurse
• Monthly Lunch Menus
• Current PTO pages

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Middle Schools

• Merge the sites 2 Schools, 1 Community
• New Features -
• Expanded navigation
• Updated library resources
• Homework Lister (an expanded pilot)
• Monthly Lunch Menus
• Yearbook Purchasing Information
• Health Forms

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High School

• Better fit the needs of the high school community
• Expanded navigation
• New Features
• Homework Lister (an expanded pilot)
• Athletic Message Boards
• Contact Information for staff
• Health Forms

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District andCommunity Education
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Community Education

• Create a more formalized presence an extension
  of the District, but independent
• New Features
• New Skin
• Register for camps, adult school courses
• Contact a staff member
• Download the latest brochure

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District

• Meeting Agendas and Highlights posted regularly
• Updated registration information and health forms
• VTN Bulletins
• Visitors Center
• Interactive Calendar
• Press releases/announcements

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Showcasing the Site

• Unveiled at 2005 Community Unity Day
• Back to School Nights
• District Web site brochure
• September 2005 Spotlight on Schools

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Moving Forward

• Work in progress
• Much has been accomplished but much needs to be
  done
• Redesign the Districts Home Page
• Think through many lenses
• Continue to monitor our presence and improve the
  quality/content of the site based on the needs of
  our audiences
• Stay tuned. More great things to come

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