1.19.13 | Mobile Texting Program for Parents

Earlier this school year, Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott launched a new mobile texting program that will send school-related information, including calendar updates, reminders and tips on how to access school resources.

New York City public school parents and family members can enroll by texting “nycschools” to 877-877 to receive text messages throughout the school year.

The new mobile texting program is the latest tool the Department of Education has developed to deliver information about public schools and programming to parents and families. According to the 2010 and 2011 annual parent School Survey, receiving information through electronic communication is the first choice of parents across age-groups, boroughs, income-levels and ethnicity. The mobile updates will include the issues parents who responded to the School Survey indicated as priority: the 2012-2013 school calendar; information on how to enroll in school programs; breakfast and lunch menus; and tips on how to log onto ARIS Parent Link – a web resource with student attendance, test score and grade data.