The safety of you and your child is of the utmost importance to Castleberry ISD. In the event of inclement weather or an emergency situation, district administration will follow the district's established communication plan to systematically ensure all stakeholders are notified.
In most situations, Castleberry ISD employees will be notified first of the situation at hand. Castleberry ISD feels it is important to notify internal staff members prior to sending notifications to parents. However, in the case of inclement weather, notice is sent to all employees and parents at the same time.
A few minutes after staff is informed, the district communications team who will notify parents and guardians via several platforms in the following order.
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District communications will send a text message and email to all stakeholders in ParentSquare, Castleberry ISD's mass messaging platform. ParentSquare will always be the district's first method for distributing information to parents.
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Parents are responsible for ensuring their contact information always accurate in Skyward Family Access to ensure they are able to receive messages from Castleberry ISD.
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To learn how to update the contact information in Skyward Family Access, visit the Contact Preferences page.
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Shortly after, if determined necessary for the situation, district communications will post a message to all official district and campus social media accounts. Be sure to follow the social accounts that are managed by the district/campus, and not one that claims to be associated.
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Lastly, the home page of the website will be updated with a web banner communicating the information and a website pop up alert.
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Note: Simultaneously while all of the above is happening, the following news media outlets will be contacted.