ParentLink in the News

Read feature stories about ParentLink from across the country.

October 25, 2012 – Rowland Reaches Out

Rowland Reaches Out to Community with New Mobile App and District Climate Survey.
Read more at: columbiatribune.com.

January 6, 2012 – HEMET: Grade Checks? There’s an app for that

Hemet city schools discusses their use of the ParentLink Mobile Apps.
Read more at: Pressenterprise.com

November 29, 2011 – Califonia School District Debuts iPhone App for Parents

School district announces the release of the Parent Mobile App at their district.

November 28, 2011 – Wichita schools redefine chronic absenteeism

Wichita Schools use ParentLink to improve their daily attendance.

November 4, 2011 – ParentLink Unveils TruSend K-12 E-mail Tools

We’ve just released TruSend, a new set of e-mail tools for school districts.

October 18, 2011 – ParentLink Releases Admin App for Android

ParentLink has released an Android App!

October 2, 2011 – Leaving children home alone? Consider maturity, safety

On using ParentLink as part of a way to keep track of latch-key kids.

September 29, 2011 – HEMET: Rifle sightings lock down 3 schools

ParentLink is used to notify parents of a potentially threatening situation.

September 7, 2011 – Parent Link Keeps Parents in the Loop

ParentLink helps Monongalia School District connected with parents and students in any type of situation.

August 25, 2011 – HEMET: Notification network credited in arrest of abduction suspect

Hemet Unified School District uses ParentLink to protect children from a suspected sexual predator.

August 25, 2011 – CCSD prepares for Irene

CCSD warns local residents of the threat of hurricane Irene.

August 23, 2011 – What to expect as Hillsborough schools start Tuesday

Hillsborough Count Schools is using ParentLink as an intrinsic part of their back to school process.

August 17, 2011 – ‘Growth model’ of student achievement in place at valley schools

Clark County School District’s new method of ensuring academic success calls for using ParentLink to help keep parents and students informed.

August 4, 2011 – How would local schools respond to a security threat?

District plans on using ParentLink to keep parents informed in case of an emergency.

July 27, 2011 – Preparing Students for a Great School Year

ParentLink helps ease the frantic pace of a new school year.

June 23, 2011 – Delinquent cafeteria accounts cut in half

By using ParentLink to remind parents of overdue lunch balances, Athens Area School District was able to cut its delinquent cafeteria accounts by half.

June 7, 2011 – ParentLink Goes Mobile

Parlant Technology releases their ParentLink Mobile Admin application for the iPhone. Mobile Admin gives current ParentLink customers an easy to use mobile interface to quickly send out phone, email, and SMS text messages.

May 24, 2011 – Fearing violent weather, Wichita Public Schools (KS) uses ParentLink to keep parents informed.

Because of recent violent weather in the Midwest, Southeast High School uses ParentLink to keep parents up-to-date on graduation ceremony changes.

May 11, 2011 – Hillsborough County School Board (FL) uses ParentLink to notify parents of transportation changes.

As the district moves to realign bus routes and trim costs, families receive messages alerting them to changes affecting their children.

May 10, 2011 – Power outage at Odessa (TX) schools prompts ParentLink phone and email messages.

Though power outages affected four elementary schools, ECISD used ParentLink to let parents know classes would continue without interruption.

March 23, 2011 – ParentLink part of notification plan regarding new pertussis immunization rules.

2010 whooping cough epidemic in California prompts new state law requiring all students in grades 7-12 to show proof of immunization.

March 14, 2011 – ParentLink a key part of Ector County Independent School District’s budget reduction plan.

ECISD (Odessa, TX) saves thousands of dollars in postage by sending report cards home with students and using ParentLink to inform parents.

March 10, 2011 – ParentLink calls help students and parents deal with grief at beloved teacher’s passing.

Junior High teacher at Azle Junior High (TX) mourned; Superintendent uses ParentLink messages to inform and help students deal with the loss.

February 9, 2011 – Stamford School Board uses surveys to get parent feedback on curriculum change.

ParentLink surveys used to gauge parent opinions on extending International Baccalaureate to the entire Rippowam Middle School studentbody.

February 9, 2011 – Stamford schools use ParentLink to survey parents regarding make up snow days.

Since they had already exceeded their snow days for the school year, school board surveys helped assess public opinion regarding make up days.

February 3, 2011 – Texas schools use ParentLink and social media to notify parents of school closures.

Hit hard by winter storms, schools in the San Antonio and Fort Worth areas use Facebook, Twitter and ParentLink to keep parents up to date.

Read more at: www.ksat.com and www.azle-news.net.

January 31, 2011 – Ector County ISD to use ParentLink to notify parents of possible weather closures

Odessa, TX, could experience extremely low temperatures prompting school closures. Parents will be notified early in the morning via ParentLink calls.

January 27, 2011 – BETT Show in London Blogs about ParentLink

Blog posting talks about how ParentLink’s new Teacher Reach product is narrowing the divide between school and home.

January 21, 2011 – Conway Schools uses ParentLink to Notify Parents of Possible Abduction

Conway Police issue a warning about a suspect attempting to lure children into his car.

January 18, 2011 – ParentLink Notifies Parents of Early Closure

“Teachers are calling parents directly and the school system is using Parentlink, its automated phone messaging service to call to all parents.”

January 11, 2011 – ParentLink Launches Teacher Reach

7 minute video of the Teacher Reach press announcement at the BETT show in London, January 14th.

Watch: www.parentlink.net.

January 10, 2011 – Clark County School District Ranks First for IT Services

“In 2009, we already had ParentLink, where parents can view their children’s grades. Now, parents can sign up to have ParentLink e-mail them when grade changes are made.”

December 29, 2010 – ParentLink sponsors SIF Association Annual Meeting

ParentLink reaffirms its support of the SIF standard by becoming a Diamond Sponsor of the SIF Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

December 28, 2010 – ParentLink product announcement January 12-15 at BETT

ParentLink, developer of the popular school-to-home communication platform, readies product announcement during the BETT education technology exhibition January 12-15 at Olympia.

December 20, 2010 – New Haven Schools (CT) boost attendance at Report Card Night

ParentLink helps teachers who literally go the extra mile and meet with 100% of their students’ parents.

December 19, 2010 – ParentLink notifies parents of snow-related school closings

Kids love snow days, but Wicomico County Public School administrators (Salisbury, MD) know how important it is to notify parents of school closings.

December 10, 2010 – Calhoun Schools (WV) announces implementation of ParentLink

Superintendent describes notification technology “that greatly enhances the school system’s ability to communicate with parents.”.

December 6, 2010 – Stamford school board surveys parents prior to resolution vote

The Board of Education in Stamford (CT) uses ParentLink to survey parents regarding possible program changes at Rippowam Middle School.

November 26, 2010 – Florida high school Parents assured all students safe following arrests

Royal Palm Beach High School (FL) administrators used ParentLink to alert parents after two students were arrested off-campus for carrying concealed firearms.

November 30, 2010 – ParentLink part of Albuquerque weather notification plan

Albuquerque Public Schools (NM) uses a well-defined routine to notify parents of any school closures or delays due to winter weather conditions.

November 19, 2010 – ParentLink messages keep traffic moving

Wicomico County Public Schools (Salisbury, MD) uses ParentLink messages to remind parents where to drop off their children during construction project.

November 18, 2010 – Parents notified that all are safe after high school fire

Dorchester County School District (SC) sent ParentLink messages to let parents know that there was only minor damage and that all of the students are safe following a small fire at Summerville High School.

November 11, 2010 – Great Neck goes green

Great Neck Public Schools (NY) becomes more environmentally friendly and saves money by implementing ParentLink’s communications services.

November 2, 2010 – Parents find automated calls “a very good thing”

Witchita Falls Independent School District (TX) implements ParentLink and parents and administrators see immediate benefits.

October 8, 2010 – Power outage prompts ParentLink messages to parents

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (NY) experienced a power outage but parents were quickly and easily notified via Parentlink.

October 6, 2010 – “International Walk to School Month” promoted via ParentLink messages

Harrison County (WV) schools use ParentLink to notify parents about the dates their schools will participate.

October 6, 2010 – ParentLink used in vaccination campaign

Blount County (TN) school systems use ParentLink to let parents know, “No shots, no school.”

October 4, 2010 – ParentLink notifies parents of school closing

Mason Dixon says it implemented ParentLink, an automated phone system, to let parents know there would be no school Monday.

September 29, 2010 – ParentLink Releases Attendance Discovery™

Attendance Discovery™ lets district administrators and school principals take control of their attendance policies and uncover the factors contributing to student absences — before they become a problem.

September 7, 2010 – ParentLink helps to decrease bullying

A letter to parents from Sheriff Doug Gillespie and Superintendent Walt Rulffes addressing the issue will also be posted on the ParentLink website.

September 1, 2010 – Parent notification system keeps parents in the know

Logging in to the Portal and Parentlink, a parent notification system, is the way that parents will view their child’s schedule, teacher assignment, interim reports and report cards.

September 1, 2010 – Parent notification vendor helps boost student achievement

ParentLink increases student achievement through communication, according to its Web site. ParentLink connects school officials, teachers, parents, students and the community through its Web portal, e-mail, phone notifications, text messaging and printed letters.

August 27, 2010 – Nevada parents urged to use ParentLink to view student information online

News article about how Clark County School District (NV) uses ParentLink to keep parents updated on their students attendance, messages, events, etc.

August 26, 2010 – ParentLink keeps Midland TX parents informed

An Odessa, TX, news article describes how new ParentLink messaging technology gives parents the reassurance their kids won’t “fall through the cracks.”

August 26, 2010 – ECISD chooses new parent notification vendor, ParentLink

On Wednesday evening, parents across Ector County Independent School District received a recorded message from ECISD superintendent Hector Mendez, welcoming them to a new school year and introducing the new Parentlink system.

August 25, 2010 – Huntsville uses ParentLink for school uniforms survey

A news article from Alabama describes how the Huntsville city school board used ParentLink to phone parents and gather opinions that will impact the district’s school uniform policy.

August 3, 2010 – ParentLink used to notify parents of coaching change

District to loose and gain a wonderful new coach as well as the new power school program. They will use ParentLink to notify everyone of the change and of training dates and times.

June 9, 2010 – Though uncertainty lingers, parent notification system keeps parents up-to-date

State testing scores release delayed, causing much uncertainty in the coming months of summer. As soon as these scores become available, parents will be informed via ParentLink.

June 2, 2010 – Parent notification system, ParentLink used to inform parents about retaliation talk boosts security at Spoto, Durant schools

Amidst threats of violence at the school of one district, administrators have upped security and informed parents via ParentLink of the precautions being taken.

March 8, 2010 – Huntsville City Schools uses parent notification system to inform parents about a gun on campus

Parents received an alert at 9:30 a.m. from the Parentlink system letting them know the school was on lock-down, and the second alert to parents went out at 10:15 a.m. about the gun and that no one was hurt.

January 7, 2010 – RUSD uses parent notification system to inform about free H1N1 vaccinations on Saturday

Ramona Unified School District will use ParentLink to help notify students about the upcoming vaccine clinic.

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 out-call system, ParentLink, and all information will also be available on the district’s Web site, www.sjusd.org.

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.