The system has the ability to send out 50,000 messages in 10 minutes, according to Manish Chaddha, the school district’s director of technology.
“Child safety is our first priority here,” Chaddha said.
Prior to theAlert Now system, the school district used a phone chain in the event of emergency and non-emergencies as well as letters,Web site posts and radio notifications. Although the initial communications worked, Chaddha said Alert Now is much more efficient.
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In the beginning of each school year parents will be given a chance to submit up to five e-mail addresses and phone numbers for the Alert Now system. In the event of a nonemergency, the Alert Now system will send two e-mails or text messages and call two phone numbers. In the event of an emergency, the system will contact all five e-mails and phone numbers. Students and faculty are also eligible to receive messages.
Each time the district sends out a message, the system generates a report. The report provides information such as how many voice messages the system left, how many contacts answered their phones, how many contacts answered their phones but didn’t listen to the entire message, how many lines were disconnected and how many lines didn’t have answering machines.
Chaddha said the school district wanted a notification system that could guarantee all parents would be notified in the event of an emergency and would fit into the budget of a growing school district.
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And it’s also good for announcing snow cancellations–or the fact that report cards were handed out in school today.