Re: school mailing

I believe it is important to have a specific day to send things home or have email updates/blasts, there is a big downside to emailing and going paperless. While it is definitely more efficient, does it not take the student from having to be responsible/accountable for permission slips and bringing items home? Believe me, I have struggled as a teacher, dean, and division head with efficiency and paperless vs. accountability, but in the end I am willing to use more paper and explain to the parents the accountability/responsibility philosophy. I believe these lessons benfits the students more and emailing permission slips and other important information home to the parents takes the student out of the equation of their education.

Mike Jenkins
Director of MS Studies
Battle Ground Academy
Franklin, Tennessee
---- thinksnow11 <thinksnow11@gmail.com> wrote:
> Our school has slowly moved to group emails and email blasts to
> parents. The parents love it and I imagine it will increase this
> year.. This did coincide with still some paper material but we have
> greatly reduced the amount of paper going home, except important
> student work.
>
> Lisa Douthit
> Technology Resources & Locus Systems Admin
> Notre Dame de Sion
> Kansas City, Missouri
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> On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Eagen, James wrote:
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> > I have a question to you all about school mailings. I am at a PK - 12
> > school right now that mails often and on no schedule, which produces a
> > lot of paper and also can hit parents with many pieces of mail a week.
> > My last school had a monthly mailing to make things more orderly. What
> > are your thoughts on school mailings? Is there a system that works
> > well?
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > James Eagen
> >
> > Head of Middle School
> >
> > Manlius Pebble Hill School
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> > 5300 Jamesville Rd.
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> > Dewitt, NY 13214
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> > 315 446 2452 x162
> >
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