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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a shame that Shipley answered to two different managing groups (MCPS and a parent-led crew board) and neither entity was able to detect what was going on.

Crew is a somewhat unique sport in terms of needing to communicate with students about changes in venue due to weather, etc at odd times and sometimes, at the last minute.  If left to their own devices, coaches find it easiest to communicate via text (albeit to the whole team or at least captains).  Other crew teams insist on alternative means of communication so that no one is vulnerable to what happened in this case.[/quote]

You communicate through the parents, not students.  How is this even a question that you communicate through parents.[/quote]
My kids ran track and cross country. Various meet-day texts filtered through me would have not have reached my kids. Coaches do need to reach kids, just not one-to-one.[/quote]
I would imagine that you communicate to kids in a format where parents are automatically copied. My kids aren’t on HS teams, but i would imagine that it is not that hard. Am I missing something ?[/quote]

This will make more sense once your kids are in high school.  You definitely don't want to be copied on every message from coaches and teachers.  Nor should you be.  There is a certain degree of official information that students should receive and handle themselves.  Its just that coaches and teachers should never exchange texts with individual students.  [/quote]

Spouse of a HS teacher here. DH uses Remind to text with his students so it’s all recorded and never shares personal phone numbers. The kids much prefer to   text vs email or come to office hours, so he uses this platform. When they have big problem sets coming up, his phone just blows up with messages at all hours. [/quote]

He should check with his principal. He may want to stop because he is in violation of the Code of Conduct.

If there’s a legit need, then MCPS should have it’s own texting ap to monitor what is being sent. Students also need to learn to send emails because that is how college professors answer questions. If the response isn’t immediate by your husband, then that’s the student’s problem.[/quote]

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