How do parents find class lists?

Jennifer Miller

How do your parents access class lists, including parent names and emails. This is a constant issue for us with birthday party invitations. They can narrow down the directory to the same grade level, but not the same homeroom teacher (advisor). Or, they can see the roster in the class page, but not print out a report including parents and email addresses.

How does your school handle this?

David Gillespie

@Jennifer Miller We create community groups for each grade level (named “Families Association - Class of ____”) and then the members of the group are able to email the entire group or post content for the group. Smart Groups keeps the lists updated, you just have to use a definition that reflects parents of an enrolled student so that when you withdraw students they drop from the group.

Jennifer Miller

@David Gillespie

Ahhh…. we also have a ‘Class of (graduation year)’ community group for each level, but currently our PA runs those. (Similar concept, but not quite the same.) Interesting approach. This might work for us.

Thanks!

Jo Giesecke

@Jennifer Miller If our parents need a parent email list, they must request one via email. We then send them a list with protocols for using the list: emails must be in BCC field, and the list cannot be shared or used for any other purpose than what they requested. We monitor this due to parents sending mass emails a few years ago with political agenda, etc.

Annemarie Merow

@Jennifer Miller
We use the community groups as well but only PA parent leaders have the lists. We don't share the lists for birthday parties, etc but those could be communicated through the individual classrooms.