TEXT MESSAGING FOR SCHOOLS
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The best school notification service
Text-Em-All's text messaging service for schools is the perfect solution for all emergency and day-to-day school notification needs. Quickly notify staff, parents, and students in just minutes and track who’s received your messages with our easy-to-use software.
Here are some good ideas:
- School cancellation notifications
- Weather cancellations or delays (snow days)
- Early dismissal reminders/notifications
- Rumor control
- PTA/PTO meeting reminders
- Policy reminders
- Substitute teacher requests
- On-campus violence or emergency reports
- Schedule changes
- Meeting notices
- Voting/referendum reminders
- Absence/tardy parental notifications
Affordable, no-hidden-fee pricing
Two plans to choose from. Not sure which is best for you? Try our calculator.
Pay-as-you-go
5¢-9¢
per message
Price dependent on how many message credits you purchased. One credit is good for one 30-second call or 160-character text.
Monthly subscription
starting at
$7.50
per month
Price varies based on how many unique phone numbers you contact each month. Message your contacts as much as you like.
Questions about mass texting for schools
There are. The two main regulations to keep in mind when it comes to privacy and texting are the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The FERPA act simply states that a student's information should be kept private. In other words, only those who have a legitimate need to see the student’s data should be able to. FERPA regulations do not apply to prospective students.
TCPA laws are much broader. They are not specific to education and apply to everyone, whether they're current students, parents, alumni or even prospective students. It's also a best practice keep all regulations currently in place for phone call and email communications and apply them to all texting communications as well.
You can read more about these laws here.
There are countless benefits when it comes to utilizing mass texts for your administration. In this world of fast, ever-changing information, your school has to be able to stay on top of communication. Texting is an effective, efficient, and affordable way to do that. Some of the most notable benefits include:
- The ability to reach parents quickly in an emergency situation
- Being able to communicate changes in scheduling, even at the last minute
- Keeping track of who is reading your messages and using that data for the future
Mass text messaging for schools can be used for a variety of different situations. That includes everything from announcing snow days to making substitute teacher requests. Messages can also be sent out as a sort of ‘rumor control’. There’s no denying that information can sometimes get out of hand in a school setting. Instead of having to send letters home with each child, you can personally send a text message to all parents and guardians in order to clear up any misunderstandings that are happening within the school.
