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Bardere, L., & Garcia, M. (2017). Effective leadership and parent involvement ensure preparedness for the unthinkable. Leadership, 47(1), 16–19.
This article provides insight on the various efforts of the San Bernardino City Unified School District in California as they designed effective leadership and parent involvement when responding to emergency situations. This resource provides insight on how to create collaborative networks following critical incident.

Everbridge reports 3 additional school districts select K-12 safety solution. (2021, June 30). Manufacturing Close-Up.
This article provides a quick guide into the implementation of Everbridge as an effective method of communication during emergencies in K-12 schools. This article displays key considerations that should be analyzed when implementing mass notification systems.

Lavergne, N. (2017). Improve school district-community relationships with social media. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 84(2), 13–15.
This resource provides insight into the process of fostering collaborative relationships between a local school and its community through the use of social media. The included quick resource focuses on how educators in one school system began their social media journey as a way to attract parents to their website and how use of social media made an integral part of their system.

Downing, J. R. (2011). K-12 parents' attitudes about their school district's mass notification service. Journal of School Public Relations, 32(2), 90.
This quick resource provides insight on lessons learned by the he International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) as they responded to a campus emergency. This resource serves as a building block for effective emergency communications within a school system.

Bentley, R. E. (2013). Mass Notification and emergency communication. School Planning & Management, 52(1), 63–65.
This article provides a lived experience of a parent who received a mass notification of an emergency that was the incorrect message for the incident. The public safety director of a K-12 community underscores her process of why there is no single best practice for communications during emergencies since each can be vastly different in scope and type.