Publications and Communications

The Community Relations team uses several communications tools to keep parents, staff and the community informed.

School Pages is a print newsletter mailed to Bloomington households five times per year to inform residents about their public schools.

Chalk Talk is an e-newsletter for Bloomington Public Schools families and community members. Chalk Talk is sent via email the second Thursday of each month with updates from the superintendent, news, photos and videos of the great things happening in BPS.

BPS parents are automatically subscribed. 

Subscribe to Chalk Talk

Chalk Talk Archive

The Inside Page is a weekly staff e-newsletter about district-wide news and events distributed via district email each Tuesday. We want to hear from you! Staff are welcome to ask questions about the information they read or provide suggestions for future articles. Submit your comments to commrelations@isd271.org.

The Inside Page Archive

We use a mass notification system to send outreach and emergency messages to our families and staff. Families must keep their contact information and preferences updated in Infinite Campus to receive school and district communications.

Staff members can update their contact information and preferences in Skyward.

Peachjar is an electronic flyer management system we use to distribute e-flyers every Wednesday, allowing our schools to eliminate paper flyers distributed via take-home folders. Digital flyers are emailed directly to parents each week and posted to each school's Peachjar page.

Peachjar Guidelines

The Community Relations team maintains the district's social media channels and provides guidelines for all district, school and program-affiliated social media accounts.

Social Media Guidelines

Our website is one of our greatest communication tools to reach current and prospective families. Feedback on the website can be directed to commrelations@isd271.org.

Bloomington Educational Community Television (BEC-TV) serves the Bloomington community with educational and school-based programming. BEC-TV broadcasts school board meetings, school programs and athletic events and more.

Ways to Watch