Stop contacting me!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

I'm just saying they've been sending messages on the platform for 10 months, and the messages have a View in ParentSquare button at the bottom, along with links to download the app if you so choose.

Who looks at the sender of these automatic emails? If MCPS cared about the quality of its communications, it would clearly send out a message before the beginning of the school year explaining which apps parents need to download and for what purpose. I read MCPS communications pretty carefully and had no idea I needed to download parentsquare until I read it here.

MCPS comms needs to do their job better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And yet people miss stuff and complain about not knowing what’s going on.

Because there are 8 different touch points/methods of communication and you never know which one to check. If everything was in one place then this wouldn’t be a problem.

Some off ya’ll are clearly drowning in your own drama. Like how is this any different from work or other places.

Email, Teams, Slack, Sharepoint, Google Workspace, etc.

Learn what system is for what thing, and what your teacher will be using and move in. It’s not that deep or difficult.

Would it be nice if everything was all nice and neat in one place, sure, but the world is decidedly not that integrated. And given privacy concerns and Tech company overreach you should be happy about that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

I'm just saying they've been sending messages on the platform for 10 months, and the messages have a View in ParentSquare button at the bottom, along with links to download the app if you so choose.

Who looks at the sender of these automatic emails? If MCPS cared about the quality of its communications, it would clearly send out a message before the beginning of the school year explaining which apps parents need to download and for what purpose. I read MCPS communications pretty carefully and had no idea I needed to download parentsquare until I read it here.

MCPS comms needs to do their job better.

Umm MCPS did send out a message about parent square before the start of the school year. Just because DCUM or some other parents were ahead of the communication doesn’t mean the comms team didn’t do their job.

Some of ya’ll forget that school system are registering new kids and families well into August, heck September. And most people aren’t paying attention in July. So it doesn’t make a lot of sense to send communication about Parent Square until closer to school beginning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

+1 sending out a message on a platform does not equal to telling parents to download the app to get essential info

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yet people miss stuff and complain about not knowing what’s going on.

Because there are 8 different touch points/methods of communication and you never know which one to check. If everything was in one place then this wouldn’t be a problem.

Some off ya’ll are clearly drowning in your own drama. Like how is this any different from work or other places.

Email, Teams, Slack, Sharepoint, Google Workspace, etc.

Learn what system is for what thing, and what your teacher will be using and move in. It’s not that deep or difficult.

Would it be nice if everything was all nice and neat in one place, sure, but the world is decidedly not that integrated. And given privacy concerns and Tech company overreach you should be happy about that.

I find the numerous platforms in the workplace annoying as well and it causes me to miss things. I hate Teams chats.

[Anonymous]

Messaging is definitely on overload and the county wide ones are unhelpful. I find that school specific info is most helpful but those are now watered down with all the required notices from MCPS.

Let the principals send out emails relevant toward their school and add in county wide info when needed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

I'm just saying they've been sending messages on the platform for 10 months, and the messages have a View in ParentSquare button at the bottom, along with links to download the app if you so choose.

Who looks at the sender of these automatic emails? If MCPS cared about the quality of its communications, it would clearly send out a message before the beginning of the school year explaining which apps parents need to download and for what purpose. I read MCPS communications pretty carefully and had no idea I needed to download parentsquare until I read it here.

MCPS comms needs to do their job better.

Each year families think this will be the year they do better. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

I'm just saying they've been sending messages on the platform for 10 months, and the messages have a View in ParentSquare button at the bottom, along with links to download the app if you so choose.

Who looks at the sender of these automatic emails? If MCPS cared about the quality of its communications, it would clearly send out a message before the beginning of the school year explaining which apps parents need to download and for what purpose. I read MCPS communications pretty carefully and had no idea I needed to download parentsquare until I read it here.

MCPS comms needs to do their job better.

Umm MCPS did send out a message about parent square before the start of the school year. Just because DCUM or some other parents were ahead of the communication doesn’t mean the comms team didn’t do their job.

Some of ya’ll forget that school system are registering new kids and families well into August, heck September. And most people aren’t paying attention in July. So it doesn’t make a lot of sense to send communication about Parent Square until closer to school beginning.

They sent out a defensive message explaining that Remind was acquired. Very little useful information for parents.

[Anonymous]

So glad that I just got a phone and email message from the Dining Services department of MCPS. Really folks, this is insanity. Make it stop!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad that I just got a phone and email message from the Dining Services department of MCPS. Really folks, this is insanity. Make it stop!

Oops, also a text message as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So glad that I just got a phone and email message from the Dining Services department of MCPS. Really folks, this is insanity. Make it stop!

Oops, also a text message as well.

I just feel like this must be people justifying their jobs. I really have trouble reading any of their stuff because 99% of it is irrelevant to me or is just another pointless survey. I have taken so many of these surveys and they always ask the wrong questions. Their survey people are also terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to stop chasing new technology every single year. Find some good communication tools and stick with them.

parent square bought remind. MCPS didn't have a choice there.

They had a chance to send out a message in early August giving parents a heads up about Parent Square, instead of the message they did send in August trying to excuse their failures on background checks.

They've been sending out messages via ParentSquare since October 2024.

Okay? This is the first time I've heard of it or needed to download the app.

+1 sending out a message on a platform does not equal to telling parents to download the app to get essential info

You don't need to download the app to get essential info. The info is being emailed and/or texted to you already, depending on your notification settings.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 kids in HS so I get two back to back MCPS calls, 2 voice mails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad that I just got a phone and email message from the Dining Services department of MCPS. Really folks, this is insanity. Make it stop!

I don't see the problem here. I'm sure some people needed that information. If you didn't, fine.

[Anonymous]

Two systemwide texts today so far. The first maybe useful to some. The 2nd is just self promotion spam. Maybe they saw this thread and want folks to know they are not backing down!!