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8/6/2026

Inside the First Ruvna in Action: One School Day on One Platform

Our first Ruvna in Action webinar traced a single school day with Joey Nutinsky and Bill Farrell, covering attendance, visitors, dismissal, and accountability in one continuous walkthrough. Here's a recap of the moments that showed what one connected platform actually looks like in practice.
7/30/2026

What the Top-Ranked Independent Schools Have in Common on Safety

Seven of the top ten schools on Niche's 2026 ranking of the best K-12 independent schools run their campus safety and operations on Ruvna. Here's what those schools recognized about consolidating daily and emergency workflows onto one platform, and why readiness is built during ordinary weeks rather than during emergencies.
7/23/2026

Boston, a Green Monster, and Three Days at Blackbaud K-12 UC

Ruvna reflects on the Blackbaud K-12 User Conference in Boston, where school leaders were rethinking their platform strategy and the integration conversation shifted from "do you integrate" to "show us the rest."
7/16/2026

Answering Who's in the Building, Not Just Who Was Marked Present

From a new hire who rarely has questions to systems that sync quietly in the background, four independent schools share what makes attendance feel routine rather than a chore.
7/9/2026

A Two Out of Ten: What Real Rollout Readiness Looks Like

The schools that feel calm during their first drill of the year usually aren't the most experienced ones. They're the ones who did the unglamorous setup work while it was still summer.
7/2/2026

Who's Supposed to Remember Every Child's Day-to-Day Change?

A parent calls the front desk with a last-minute change. A spreadsheet can't reflect it in real time. And only two people on staff actually know how dismissal works. Here's what changed at Kindezi West Charter School when that stopped being the whole system.
6/25/2026

What Drills Reveal About Your Safety Systems

Three school administrators describe what they found when they looked closely at how their drills were actually performing, and what changed when they moved away from paper-based accountability.
6/18/2026

How Independent Schools Build Safety Systems That Outlast Staff Turnover

Staff transitions are a normal part of running a school. The question is whether your safety systems are built to stay consistent through them.
6/11/2026

The Evolving Role of the Technology Director in School Safety

Safety has become a technology problem. Ruvna's Co-Founder and COO, Marshall Singer, joined the ATLIS Talking Technology podcast to discuss what that means for today's technology directors
6/4/2026

What Smart Independent Schools Do With Their Summer

Summer is the best window independent schools have to audit their systems, update their rosters, and build the confidence that carries them through the year ahead.
5/28/2026

Ruvna and the 'I Love U Guys' Foundation: One Mission, One Language

A look at Ruvna's new partnership with the 'I Love U Guys' Foundation and why shared language in school safety matters more than ever.
5/21/2026

Ruvna Dismissal Extends Real-Time Visibility to the End of the School Day

Ruvna recently published a press release about Dismissal. Here's a look at what we shared and why it matters for independent schools.
5/14/2026

Visitor Management Audit: 5 Questions Every Independent School Should Ask Before Summer

Before institutional memory fades and summer begins, five honest questions can reveal where your visitor management process is holding and where it needs work.
5/13/2026

What We Took Away from ATLIS 2026

A look back at ATLIS 2026 — from Ruvna's four-session track to the booth conversations that reminded us what independent school technology leaders are really thinking about right now.
5/7/2026

What Schools Should Know About the COPS SVPP Grant

Every year, federal funding is available to help schools invest in safety technology. Here's what independent schools should know about the COPS SVPP grant before FY26 applications open.