Monday, October 29, 2007

Suggestions on Parent Communication Systems (UNCLASSIFIED)

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All,

As the tech savvy member of a school's board I have been tasked with
finding a Parent Communication System and would appreciate any
suggestions. Ideally it would be:
--Hosted since the school does not have the infrastructure to install or
maintain a system.
--Pricing that scales to accommodates a small school (200 students.
150ish families)
--Capable of emergency/non-emergency phone calls and sms with ways for
parents to differentiate between the two.
--Capable of emergency/non-emergency email with multiple lists and
ability to include attachments.
--Parents manage their own data through a web interface and can
subscribe to various lists (e.g. 1st grade list but not After School
list) with school admin approval (or allow room parents to manage the
lists/approval).

In searching the archives I came across the following suggestions from
last year but nothing recent, and none of them fit the precise
requirement. Thus far School Reach seems closest. I would appreciate
any other suggestions. =20

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Connect-Ed.
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_Jason
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Jason Johnson - Program Director
Web Services Branch - Walter Reed Army Medical Center Ingenium (ISO
9001:2000 certified)
Office: 202-782-1047
Cell: 202-262-0516
jason.johnson@ingenium.net
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