ABSTRACT
The communication skills required of successful administrators are not reserved for sole use with a school’s internal publics. Failure to do so gives all school stakeholders opportunities to receive inaccurate information about the state of education but without any rebuttal or clarification from the leaders of our schools. Administrators are in the best position to ensure that this does not happen. All professional school staff members are inundated with information regarding the importance of parental involvement and the effect it has on students’ academic achievement. School leaders who mistakenly believe that restrictive entrance to a school building must be accompanied by a cold and unfriendly message, on the other hand, are experiencing failure. The odds are that the same people will report to the office, no matter how the message is delivered. The negative effect that the message has on otherwise positive people is what is of great concern. School leaders must concern themselves with student safety.
