Guides
Practical help for school leaders and front offices: fewer repeat questions, clearer information, and how to choose the right tools.
Most school offices answer the same family questions every week: when is the next day off, what is for lunch, where is the game, whom do I call. These guides show simple ways to make that information easier to find, from a better FAQ page to an AI chatbot for your school website. Each guide is short and practical, and none of them need special software to start.
Front officeHow to answer parent questions faster: 7 steps for schools
Find your top ten repeat questions, put the answers where families look, and cut repeat calls and emails. Ends with when a school chatbot helps. · 4 min read
Buyer's guideHow to choose an AI chatbot for your school: 10 questions
What to ask every vendor before you buy: where answers come from, what happens when they are wrong, family privacy and COPPA, updates, setup time and cost. · 4 min read
Private schoolsAn AI chatbot for private schools
How School Compass answers families' questions about tuition, the calendar, lunch and athletics from your own pages, with links back to the source. · 4 min read
- How-to
How to add an AI chatbot to your school website: 5 steps
Check what the chatbot can read, connect your calendar and lunch menu, paste one line of code, test it, and tell families. · 4 min read
- Calendar
A school calendar chatbot: answer "Is there school on Friday?"
How a chatbot reads your Google Calendar or iCal feed to answer days off, early dismissals and events. · 4 min read
- Student privacy
A COPPA-ready AI chatbot for schools
What COPPA asks of a school chatbot, the questions to ask vendors, and how School Compass protects students under 13. · 5 min read
- Public schools
An AI chatbot for K-12 public schools
Bell times, buses, lunch, enrollment and days off, answered from your school's own pages. · 4 min read