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District
launches new e-mail emergency notification system
Schuylerville Central School District is pleased to
announce the launch of a new e-mail emergency
notification system called, “School News Notifier (SNN).”
“School News Notifier is an opt-in e-mail alert system.
Three types of alerts are available—emergency closings
and delays, Elementary School notifications and/or Jr.-Sr.
High School notifications,” explains Superintendent Leon
Reed. “Parents, residents and staff members are given
the option to receive any or all of the alerts and they
can unsubscribe at any time.”
Those wishing to subscribe to the service can sign up at
https://snn.neric.org/schuylerville/
or by going to the Schuylerville Central School
District’s homepage (http://www.schuylervilleschools.org)
and clicking on the SNN icon at the bottom of the page.
Users are asked to create a “profile” by entering their
name, e-mail address and a password. Once the profile is
created, they can choose the type(s) of alerts they’d
like to receive.
The system was implemented in response to community
requests. “We were asked by many parents and residents
to explore the technologies available to offer
up-to-the-minute alerts,” Reed says. “SNN is a great
option because it gives us one more avenue for reaching
parents and others during emergencies or other events
when it’s important to communicate time-sensitive
information. We’ll still communicate in the ways we have
in the past—phone calls, letters home, the media and the
district Web site—but this will be an additional
resource.”
Reed stresses that alerts from Schuylerville’s SNN
system will be restricted to messages that are
significant enough to warrant immediate attention—for
example, alerts about school closings or events that
would necessitate letters being sent home with students.
The messages will show the sender as notifier@schuylerville.org.
The alerts are sent through an automated system, so
recipients should not respond to the messages by using
their “reply” or “reply to” e-mail options. Most alerts
will contain details on how users can get more
information.
Schuylerville joins several other districts in the area
offering this service.
For more information, please contact Superintendent of
Schools Leon Reed at 695-3255, ext. 3242.
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