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Texting time for absent pupils
Another school uses text messaging to inform parents of their child's absence, but in this case, a little more agressively than most. "UK Summerville's Primary school's new Truancy Call technology, automatically contacts parents of a missing child if they have not called the school by a certain time. The system is activated to fire off a stream of phone calls, text messages and emails every hour until 8pm at night", according to according to the Salford Advertiser. Related articles: -- Texting time for absent pupils -- in South Wales: Text messaging helps schools beat truancy -- in South Australia: SMS text plan to combat truancy -- in Australia and the UK: Schools text students, parents -- in India: Parents and Teachers Communicate through SMS -- in France and Ireland: Parents alerted by SMS when children skip school |
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