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Re: [LUG] Snow

 

Gordon Henderson wrote:

My local school/client (Steiner in Dartington) doesn't go back until Monday, but they're already setting up staff conferences and answering machine messages just in-case...

An intersting idea I had last year was to setup a service to schools, etc. which would give them a self-funded messaging service - a new number for each school which parents could call to get status, etc. initially aimed at the swine flu thing, but could have been used for this too - however the few schools I asked for opinions of weren't really intersted at the time, so I never developed it.

Gordon

That would be a really good idea, I was thinking "I wish the school had some sort of automated phone line which parents could call", in my case a few kids were saying the school was closed but I ended up taking the kids in anyway to make sure for myself (it's only a 10 minute walk anyway). If there was a number parents could call though to check things like school closures that would be ideal, especially considering I didn't hear about the school being kept open on the radio (one or two schools still open were mentioned on Radio Devon) and not everyone has access to the internet/e-mail/Facebook/Twitter, but most will probably be able to call a phone number.

Unfortunately the school web site doesn't cater for things like what happened today although I do see they have created a What's New section, with the last entry being 11th December 2009.

Rob



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