Ugh.

But it raises a question about what age do students have email addresses and what do the students receive by email? Do parents also get copies of these emails? Are these emails from the district, the school, the teacher of classes each student is registered?

Can we know more about what information our students are receiving by email?

I had to check the calendar to make sure it is not April1.

The Spanish govt. is seriously considering not allowing children to have cell phones until the age of sixteen. Fake news, bullying and suicides may have informed this position. Some older kids today can’t even look into the eyes of someone speaking with them. Could be shyness or being tethered to a cellphone has harmed social development.

I believe students do not start using their email accounts until middle school. (They accounts may exist for earlier grades, but students are not taught how to use them, and they are not linked from their home screen.) The accounts appear to be locked down so only other accounts in pausd.us (a.k.a. school staff or students) can send email to them.

E-mails can come from just about any district official, teachers included.

As a teacher, I used e-mail, Infinite Campus, as well as Schoology to message students and parents about important dates, events, or current and upcoming classroom activities. Parents normally contacted me via e-mail.

I used each platform to cover all bases. It can be a bit much, but I felt "transparency" to be important. Not just in word, but in actions as well.