{"id":7410,"date":"2018-10-17T20:25:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T03:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2020-06-30T23:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T23:49:39","slug":"dps-to-add-door-to-door-house-calls-to-make-sure-no-one-misses-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7410","title":{"rendered":"DPS to Add Door to Door House Calls to Make Sure No One Misses Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DPS-to-Knock-on-Doors-768x511-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7787\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DPS-to-Knock-on-Doors-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/DPS-to-Knock-on-Doors-768x511-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Denver Public schools recently announced they will continue to upgrade their communication strategy with their parents. \u201cIt is important for DPS to make sure we are making every effort in our communications with our parents,\u201d said DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg. \u201cNow, instead of just getting an email, a Facebook announcement, a Twitter alert, a text, and a phone call, parents can expect a friendly knock on the door.\u201d DPS is contracting out the service to a company providing bi-lingual employees to knock on doors of parents of the roughly 100,000 students attending DPS. \u201cImproving communication has been a big part of our strategy, and this adds a big piece to that,\u201d said Boasberg. \u201cThis is something I am pretty sure parents are going to appreciate.\u201d Stapleton residents made aware of the new strategy feel it is unnecessary. \u201cI already hear from them in five different ways,\u201d said Wicker Park resident Allison McGovern. \u201cBesides, I\u2019m not answering the door for a stranger, anyway.\u201d Sara Gerbracht agrees. \u201cSeems like a huge waste of money and resources,\u201d said Gerbracht. \u201cShouldn\u2019t that money be going in to the schools, not casing the parents to make sure not one person misses an announcement? They text, call, and email you. Who doesn\u2019t have one of those services?\u201d Boasberg says they will evaluate the strategy after this school year and make any necessary adjustments. \u201cWe understand not everyone will be home when we come to the door. We will leave fliers for those homes as an additional touch point,\u201d said Boasberg. The new strategy is expected to add between $250-$500k worth of costs for the overburdened school system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-160","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7788,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions\/7788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}