This week I received a message from Jonathan Hoover about a new application his not-for-profit organization had released. I do not recommend products, but thought that this sounded like something that may be of interest to school administrators reading this blog. Note that I have not tried it, but if you have a need, it should be worth a look.Through Schoohoo (www.schoohoo.com) he and his wife programmed an application to deliver free school alerts to schools of any size and at any grade level "From Preschool to Ph.D."(tm).
Alerts are sent via text message and email to parents, students, faculty, staff and others in the community about emergencies, but also weather closings, holidays, other days off, registration dates/times, PTA events, and the like. Parents can sign up themselves, so the school doesn't have to maintain the database. There will be a short advertisement included, or an advertisement-free version is available starting at $500 per year.
Check it out and if you try it, please let us know how it works.
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Great article! I was wondering if the new school alert in effect for private schools and daycare centers. I read that schools are using phone parent alert and school alert systems from companies like http://www.orangepoint.net/schoolalerts.html. It’s good to know that alert systems are now available for all schools not just for public schools and colleges.
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