Monday, October 5, 2009

HSISD Website Survey by Guest Blogger, Sarah Dildine

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to participate in the HSISD Website Survey that was posted on the home page, your input is greatly appreciated. I was really happy to see some of the suggestions everyone had for making the website better and would like to take this opportunity to address some of those suggestions:

1. Printable Events Calendar: This is a feature that NetStart, the website provider we use, is working on and it should be available sometime in the near future.


2. Paying For School Lunches Online: This is something we have explored in the past, but at the time, did not like any of the options available to us. However, we had quite a few requests for this, so we will continue to explore the products available and consider adding this feature to our district in the near future.

3. Pictures, pictures and more pictures: Okay, so I know you all love seeing the pictures on the home page – thanks for all the compliments! I had several suggestions regarding pictures: someone suggested posting pictures from the past, someone else suggested more junior high pictures and another person suggested putting an upload page so that community members could upload/share pictures they took at HSISD events. All great ideas! However, being that we are a school district, we have laws that limit what we can and cannot post. We have to have permission to post students’ pictures. I have to be sure that I do not post a picture of a student whose parent does not want it posted. Due to this, we cannot have a community picture page. This also limits our ability to post pictures from the past. Lastly, I am trying to do a better job of posting elementary and junior high pictures. A big THANK YOU to all the junior high parents who have sent me pictures and allowed me to post their pictures on the website – I really appreciate it!

If you have pictures from an HSISD event that you would like me to consider posting, feel free to email them to me
dildines@hsisd.net. Remember, I cannot post every picture, but I will certainly take a look and post what I can.

Again, thanks for your input and feel free to contact me at anytime with suggestions on how we can make www.hsisd.net even better!

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