Prepare a Communication Card Before a School Meeting — Free
Paste what you need the school to know and what you want agreed, and get a card you can hand over in the first five minutes.
The proof surface
Meetings drift because the point arrives ninth. A card that puts three named asks on the table in the first five minutes changes what comes out of the room.
Why the flat version breaks
Raising themes not asks
'He's struggling with reading' is a theme; 'ten minutes of phonics three times a week' is an ask somebody can agree to.
No artefact
The reading log with three empty weeks is the single most persuasive item in the meeting, and it is the one left at home.
Leaving without a date
An agreement without a review date slips a term, and by then the evidence trail is cold.
How to work the meeting card
Points and asks; prefix asks with Ask: so the card can separate them.
The date anchors the record; the follow-up prints on the card's foot rule.
Asks sit above context, the action block carries the stamp, and the follow-up line closes it.
Hand the card over and send a one-line summary of what was agreed the same day.
What the card replaces
| Question | Before | On the card |
|---|---|---|
| What am I asking for | raise concerns | named asks, separated from context |
| What is agreed | reconstruct afterwards | action block stamped in the room |
| When we review | some time next term | follow-up date on the foot rule |
The card records your own asks and evidence; it makes no judgement about provision or about the school's obligations.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the meeting card: your meeting notes and asks stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a index card with a stamped header
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 6 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The card and the follow-up line are free. The paid layer keeps the meeting record and prints the card with the previous meeting's actions.
Open the meeting card builder companionBoundary
This meeting card works only on the meeting notes and asks you paste you paste. It does not give education law advice, does not decide what provision is required, and does not attend the meeting for you. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the school's SENCO or head of year, and a local parent advocacy service if needed before you rely on it.
What this is built on
- Every figure comes from the meeting notes and asks you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: asks are separated from context by the prefix on each line; required items are matched against your words
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Before: the reader came out of meetings unsure what was agreed. After: they have three named asks and a stamped follow-up date on one card.