"It's not elementary. Have a small child? Pleasantly daydreaming about where your tot will be educated? Wake up. Enrolling just one little scholar can mean sliding into the abyss where hollow-eyed parents chant Spence- P.S. 87- Brearly- P.S. 6- Dalton. Ralph Gardner Jr. joins the agonizers." Newspaper clipping from The Observatory, 1992 Nov 23

The External Relations Record Group is comprised of records related to the Nightingale-Bamford School's communications and relations with outside groups, such as students' parents, alumnae, media and the general public. These include records from the Institutional Advancement office related to the Alumnae Association and fundraising, Parents Association records, and Communications office records including those relevant to the school's branding and image, such as school news publications, school history publications, catalogs and curriculum guides, school directories and handbooks, and school calendars.