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January 7, 2010 - RUSD hosts free H1N1 vaccinations on Saturday

Ramona Unified School District will use ParentLink to help notify students about the upcoming vaccine clinic. Read more at: here

November 16, 2009 - San Jose Unified To Begin Swine Flu Vaccinations and uses their parent notification system to remind parents.

About 200 of the 385 students at the school have returned their consent forms and will be the first ones in line to be vaccinated during the program. As more vaccines become available, parents will be notified at various schools through the district's outcall system, ParentLink, and all information will also be available on the district's Web site, www.sjusd.org. Read the full story by clicking here

November 14, 2009 - Wichita Schools begin their Free flu vaccination clinics and use their parent notification system to remind parents.

Eight-year-old Jessica Roberts half-smiled, half-winced as nurse Trish Bell plunged a needle filled with H1N1 vaccine into her arm. After a quick "ow-ow-ow-ow" muttered under her breath, the tears flowed. Each school will have a clinic, she said. Vaccine supply will dictate the schedule. Schools will send home letters and consent forms and will remind families with phone messages using the district's ParentLink system. Read the full story by clicking here

November 11, 2009 - Ramona Unified School District superintendent, Dr. Robert Graeff, to notify parents of Free flu vaccination clinic through their parent notification system.

Free flu vaccinations will be provided for any Ramona resident between the ages of 6 months and 18 years. Pregnant women also are eligible for shots at the clinic. Dr. Robert Graeff, superintendent of Ramona's public schools, planned to send a ParentLink phone call in English and Spanish to every household in the district on Tuesday evening. Read the full story by clicking here

November 9, 2009 - Wichita Schools to remind parents of Swine Flu clinics through parent notification system.

Wichita schools will begin offering H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines at four elementaries on Friday. Permission slips will be distributed to schools when they are notified of the clinic dates. A ParentLink message will also be sent to families to remind them of the clinic dates, according to the district. Read the full story by clicking here

November 6, 2009 - School officials in Pickens County use ParentLink, their parent notification system to notify parents when the school clinic for flue shots has been scheduled.

Health department and school officials in Pickens County expect that clinics will begin the week of Nov. 30 in elementary schools there. Each principal will notify parents through their parent notification system with a ParentLink message when the school clinic has been scheduled. Information will also be posted on school Web sites. Read the full story by clicking here

November 3, 2009 - Pickens County Public Schools notifies parents of their participation in H1N1 flu shots for students through their parent notification system

The State Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is offering free H1N1 flu shots for students and staff of school districts statewide and Oconee and Pickens officials say they will be among those participating. Thompson said information will be distributed to families of students, as soon as the district receives the DHEC packets with consent forms, as well as through a ParentLink message. Read the full story by clicking here

October 30, 2009 - Laramie County School District 1 provides severe weather alerts to parents with their parent/emergency notification system

ParentLink and the local media will be used to communicate any delays or cancellation of school in LCSD1 at 6 a.m. today, though elementary students are already out for parent-teacher conferences. Read the full story by clicking here

October 8, 2009 - Hillsborough County School District alerts parents of Swine Flu vaccines through their parent notification system

The school district announced its vaccines would begin Oct. 19. Automated phone messages on the ParentLink system and the district's Web site, www.sdhc.k12.fl.us, will carry updates. Read the full story by clicking here

October 5, 2009 - Palm Beach County School District's Polo Park Middle School uses their parent notification system to alert parents of power outage

Polo Park Middle School lost electricity due to a problem with a transformer. The district sent a ParentLink telephone call to all parents explaining the situation and giving the parents the option of picking up their children. The district will update the situation with parents to confirm when power has been restored and that school will operate normally on Tuesday. Read the full story by clicking here

October 3, 2009 - Rock Hill School District #3 alerts parents of gun possession to parents through their parent notification system

Two eighth-graders are facing expulsion at Saluda Trail Middle School after officials say one sold a handgun to the other on school grounds Friday afternoon. Saluda Trail parents were notified of the gun via ParentLink, the school district's parent notification system. Every parent and guardian in the school system got an automated phone call early in the evening, Baker said. Read the full story by clicking here

September 30, 2009 - Valley View Public Schools uses parent notification system, ParentLink, to increase parent communication

School to parent communication is a vital tool in the process of successful education for all students. It is a district initiative to keep parents informed of school events and ensure that they are included in communications regarding school operations and special events affecting the educational outcome of their children. Read the full story by clicking here

September 29, 2009 - Marshall County Schools uses emergency/parent notification system to alert parents of threat

Several juvenile suspects are expected to be charged today with alleged threats made Monday toward John Marshall High School and Sherrard Elementary School. Superintendent Fred Renzella said parents were notified immediately of the evacuations through ParentLink, their parent notification system, which automatically sends important school messages to e-mails, cell phones and home phones. Read the full story by clicking here

September 23, 2009 - Duval County School District now uses parent notification system, ParentLink, to alert parents of their student's absences

How Do School Districts Report Absences? It's the kind of call any parent would expect to receive if their child didn't show up for school. "If she was absent, and I didn't receive a phone call, and I didn't inform them, I would be concerned," said Vanessa Scaduto, who has a 7-year-old daughter in the Duval County school system. The Duval County School District said they just implemented a brand new automated phone call system called "parent link." Read the full story by clicking here

September 19, 2009 - Wichita Public Schools provides H1N1 virus details to parents through parent notification system, ParentLink, along with tips for preventing "swine flue" contaminations

Wichita Public Schools has a student with a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus. The student attends Isely Traditional Magnet Elementary. The student is currently under medical care. The school notified parents via ParentLink phone messages Friday evening.. Read the full story by clicking here

September 21, 2009 - Clark County School District using parent notification system to inform parents of H1N1 “swine flu” virus details

In a state with one of the nation’s worst track records for childhood immunizations, the Clark County School District is strategizing how to provide motivation and opportunity for tens of thousands of students to be vaccinated against the H1N1 “swine flu” virus. Read the full story by clicking here

September 18, 2009 - Valley View Public School District says their Parent Notification System, ParentLink, is one of the best methods to inform parents of important messages

"Right now, our best communication options for important messages are via our Web site and via our ParentLink telephone messaging system," said Larry Randa, director of school and community relations. Read the full story by clicking here