Back to School Alert Message
Posted by tom | Oct 10, 2011Today our household received an Alert Message by phone and email:
"The _____ Middle School Faculty and Adminstration are asking parents to remind students about the importance of completing homework, being respectful to each other and to the adults in the school, and attending regularly. These are vital pieces to a successful school experience and we need your help as a parent to reiterate these to your child. Thank you for your continued support and assistance in making the school experience a positive one."
Honest. I'm not joking.
Of course maybe you're already familiar with this communication style and can give advice as to whether this is typical Middle School protocol (for the framing of the realities of Middle School life after some time off*). Should I be concerned that there is something going on in the Middle School (outside of normal Middle School life) ;)
*Note: This is the second time we've received the message this fall. I believe the other time was also after time off.
We've gotten several messages of that sort from Sadie's preschool - all to inform us that some soccer program she's not involved in has been cancelled due to rain. IMHO, using mass alert communications for these sort of informational messages dilutes their usefulness for real emergencies.
Posted by Andy Walsh, Oct 10 2011, 23:16