Centre Daily Times: Schoolwires is Upside in Down Economy (05/17/09)
Centre Daily Times reported on the successful operations of Schoolwires, Inc., in spite of the floundering economy. According to the newspaper, "(Schoolwires) has thrived and in recent years has consistently ranked as one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.  And at the end of last year, the company saw a "real opportunity to expand rapidly," said Founder Ed Marflak, a chance to "really scale the business up." After securing
$12 million in outside investment, the company is moving forward with its expansion plans, which involve hiring an additional 60 employees this year and finding more office space." Read Article >

THE Journal: Electronic Alerts - A Simple, Timely Message
Can Make All the Difference (05/12/09)
THE News Update published an article on how districts are using the e-Alert functionality within the Schoolwires Centricity ™ platform to keep their constituents informed about the impact of the pandemic flu.
The article states, "The e-alert is essentially an electronic schoolbell," remarked Peter Lisi, superintendent of Woodcliff Lake School District, which enrolls 900 preK-8 students in two schools in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. "We use them on a weekly and routine basis. Like all schools, we have the need to send home upwards of a dozen announcements, from 'the school is selling wrapping paper,' to this week, things like we're going to start a protocol of using Purel before and after lunch for all the kids in the district. This is in relation to the pandemic."
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Keystone Edge: Schoolwires Maintains Momentum
in Recession (04/09/09)
The Keystone Edge reported that "State College-based provider of online communication, community management and productivity solutions for school districts, expects to expand company staff by 55 percent by the end of 2009. That jump to approximately 140 from 90 employees at the end of last year will expand capacity in sales, marketing, customer service, interactive design, professional services, product development and quality control, according to Ed Marflak, founder, president and chief executive officer." Read Article >

administr@tor magazine: Schoolwires Centricity ™ a Hands-On Favorite for Communication Management Software (02/09)
administr@tor Magazine selected Schoolwires Centricity ™ as one of its "hands-on favorites" for communication management software. According to reviewer Terry Holliday, superintendent, Iredell-Statesville Schools (NC), "Even the most resistant technophobes bought into it (Centricity) quickly. We now have blogs, an RSS feed, podcasts and webpages at the teacher level. We also needed the ability to post a lot of photos and videos.
We're getting an unbelievable number of hits to the website: 150,000 in one week!"
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