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Palo Alto Unified School District email glitch results in 1.18 million emails circulated amongst students

Original post made on Dec 19, 2023

An “unintended automation error” resulted in all students within the Palo Alto Unified School District sending and receiving 1.18 million emails Sunday night.

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Posted by Bystander
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 19, 2023 at 8:18 am

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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?


Posted by Resident
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 19, 2023 at 8:25 am

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


Posted by ALB
a resident of College Terrace
on Dec 19, 2023 at 1:11 pm

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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.


Posted by Chris C.
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 19, 2023 at 2:34 pm

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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.


Posted by Retired PAUSD Teacher
a resident of another community
on Dec 19, 2023 at 2:59 pm

Retired PAUSD Teacher is a registered user.

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.


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