Microsoft announced a few perks for its unified communications customers Thursday, particularly with regard to instant messaging (IM) presence technology.
The National Rural Education Association (NREA) has entered into a strategic partnership with safety notification service provider Schoolreach in order to help member districts contact parents and community members quickly and efficiently during an emergency, as well as in non-emergency, safety-related situations.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 10/05/09
For Brenda Speer, superintendent of Bynum Independent School District, striking a balance between cutting expenses, but not eliminating important programs and services, lit up the light bulb over her head: Would it be possible to save the district more than $700 a month in postage expenses alone by implementing a tech-based parental notification system?
- By Bridget McCrea
- 09/22/09
To prepare for potential outbreaks of Swine flu in its schools, the Missouri School Boards' Association (MSBA) is collaborating with SchoolReach to make a parent notification service available to every school in the state that doesn't already have one in place.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/22/09
Lapwai School District #341 in Idaho has implemented Rapid Responder, a crisis management system from Prepared Response.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/22/09
Sixteen public school districts in Indiana have deployed the SchoolReach notification system from Groupcast within the last three months. The districts adopted the notification system to help with emergency alerts and parent communications.
Columbus City Schools in Ohio will be implementing a new parent notification system from Global Connect.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/11/09
Four school districts in Texas have gone public with their implementation of SchoolReach Instant Parent Contact system this year.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/23/09
A number of K-12 schools and districts have gone public with their adoption of an emergency notification service from Omnilert.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/09/09
The Texas Region 17 Education Service Center (ESC) has contracted with SchoolReach, a K-12 parent notification service, to make the contact system available to member schools at a discount. The service center is an organization created to provide services to schools in Region 17, which encompasses the 20 counties surrounding Lubbock, Texas.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/09/09