"Bruce and Jeanne" wrote in message
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Welches wrote:

Do all of the parents in the district have email connections?
Is this how they normally communicate such things?

Actually, sending out emails to parents like this (in addition to more
traditional means like paper letters) is a great thing. Parents learn
about
these things sooner. And even if they don't have email, other parents
will
tell them about the changes before they can get letters from the
school.

In addition, many schools have web pages with schedule changes, etc.,
on
them.

In addition, many times, there is some reason why the change -- missed
school days because of a power failure or water outage or big snow
storm
(though not this early).

And it'd be great to send an email out telling local parents there was a
power cut so the school was cancelled. (surprise-no one got it!) ;-)
Debbie


That *may* be nice for today - no school today - the wind blew down the
power and phone lines to school. But who checks their email at 7:00 in
the morning? (never mind, I suppose everyone here does )

If 1% of the people do, and call two or three other people, there is a fair
number of people who get the message. Certainly worth the effort. However,
no one suggested that email be the only or main method of getting the
message out. And the original message was about a school closing a few days
later. And the email can also be used to notify radio stations that the
school is closed so they can get the message out to more people.

Jeff
Jeanne