NEWS

May 18, 2009 - ParentLink upgrades to it's new 7.3 system

ParentLink is now releasing their newest software upgrade, offering their clients more flexible data control and an enhanced ability to support school district brand identities.

Provo, Utah – Monday May 18, 2009 – ParentLink, the industry leader in school to home communication, announced today that it upgraded its hosted ASP service as the final step in its efforts to move to an exclusively hosted service. Messaging, a key service provided by ParentLink, is now integrated with Google’s mapping technology to allow clients to select an area of the map within a school district to determine message recipients. Better user-level security has also been added, allowing ParentLink clients to define custom user permissions for staff and teachers. ParentLink also provides better branding for districts through branded web, messaging, and other communication. The ability to customize these and other features will provide value through increased brand identity, higher message acceptance rates, more easily readable messages, improved district implementation and more effective communication.

For nearly 20 years, ParentLink’s goal has been to improve education and increase student achievement, while providing a service that generates a return on investment for the district and community. ParentLink currently serves hundreds of school districts across the country with their client services one-on-one support to districts of all backgrounds and sizes, including 5 of the 10 largest organizations. Many of these districts cite the value, flexibility, customization and security ParentLink provides as key reasons for this widespread adoption.

ParentLink also sponsors the School 2 Home Communication Forum as an additional way for educators to discuss their best practices and other ideas to increase positive communication with peers and colleagues. They offer free, monthly, online webinars that provide information, ideas, and practical strategies from the users themselves. Please visit www.s2hcomm.com for seminar dates.

May 5, 2009 - Lee County Schools use Parent notification system to inform parents of re-opening

Parents at Spring Creek learned about the closure Friday via ParentLink, a phone message service designed to deliver information directly to parents. Donzelli said the same method will be used Wednesday to inform parents that they can send their children back to school Thursday. Read the full story by clicking here

May 5, 2009 - Broward County Public Schools uses ParentLink to notify parents of Swine Flu details

According to Director of Broward County School Communications Keith Bromery, the district has contacted the parents and teachers."We issued a parent link message, basically robo-calls, advising all the parents of the swine flu outbreaks and about the importance of hand washing, sneezing into tissues and avoiding sending their children to school if they have flu-like symptoms," Bromery said. "We even issued an e-mail, containing the same details, to all of our employees." Read the full story by clicking here

April 24, 2009 - Lee County Schools now use Twitter as another parent notification tool

From the award-winning Web site (www.leeschools.net) to the implementation of the ParentLink system to the LEE in the Loop e-Newsletter, the District has looked for as many ways to keep people in formed as possible. Read the full story by clicking here

April 13, 2009 - Parents respond through ParentLink surveys

CLINTON, Tenn. — Discussion of a standardized dress code for students in Anderson County schools has been shelved ... at least until the end of the next semester. County teachers who were polled endorsed the change for high school and middle school students -- but parents who responded to ParentLink surveys conducted last week in the districts notification system, opposed the change by a 2-to-1 margin, according to school system spokesperson Karen Bridgeman. Read the full story by clicking here

April 8, 2009 - Automated parent notification system a hit

Howell Public Schools' new web-based parent notification system, ParentLink, implemented in January, beats sending letters home with students by automatically sending phone calls, text messages, e-mails and fax messages directly to parents. Read the full story by clicking here

March 31, 2009 - Parents asked to review proposed school dress code through parent notification system

Parents of county school students received a ParentLink call notifying them that information was coming home with students on Monday; a ParentLink phone survey will be conducted next Tuesday. Read the full story by clicking here

March 23, 2009 - Arrest Made For Text Threat In Wicomico County

Around noon on Monday, another text message threat spread through local schools, this time in Wicomico County. ParentLink, their parent notification system was used for this emergency messaging need. Read the full story by clicking here

October 29, 2008 - Upshur County Schools Using New System for Parent Notification

"We want to be communicating with our parents," says Jodie Akers, director of student services and attendance at Upshur County Schools. Akers says sending a message to parents is easy. "I record a message over the phone to ParentLink,our parent notification system, which saves it. And then it's just pulling my groups of people that I want called over and just clicking a button to send," says Akers. Akers says ParentLink starts dialing the numbers simultaneously within two minutes. Superintendent Scott Lampinen says the ParentLink system will also be useful in case of a serious emergency. Read the full story or watch the news clip here

October 24, 2008 - APS Tests New Parent Notification System

A new software system Albuquerque Public Schools is using to get information out to parents, staff and media was tested Thursday. Once it was up and running, it took less than an hour to contact everyone. Monica Armenta said the test run was successful. Read the full story or watch the news clip here