Parents
District Communication
District Communication Tools:
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- Blackboard ParentLink System - text and email messages to parents/guardians of in-district students.
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Routefinder Pro - transportation email message to parents/guardians of private/parochial school students.
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Web Community Manager - on-screen website alerts for all Massapequa school community members.
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District App - app notifications for school closings and delays.
- Community Email System - email messages are sent to subscribers from our ParentLink System and include communications regarding the BOE, community activities and school closures and delays.
Each of these automated systems is used to send district and building information within minutes to parents/guardians and the MSD community. See below for additional information on each, along with troubleshooting tips.
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CHAIN of COMMUNICATION
If parents/guardians have any questions or concerns about their child, they should follow the steps outlined in the: Chain of Communication.
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STAFF DIRECTORY
For guidance on contacting teachers and staff members, please visit the: Staff Directory Webpage
Blackboard ParentLink System
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For Parents/Guardians of in-district students
This system syncs with contact information in PowerSchool, our Student Information Management System. Utilizing email and text messages, ParentLink informs parents/guardians of in-district students of the following:
- Student attendance verification
- Regularly scheduled bus routes with important announcements and delays expected to be over fifteen (15) minutes
- School closings and delays
- Emergency alerts
ParentLink Email Support:
If you are not receiving emails, please do the following in this sequence:- Check your spam/junk folder and add no-reply@msd.k12.ny.us to your safe-senders list.
- Still having an issue, please contact your school's registrar to verify the email address on file in PowerSchool.
- If contact information in PowerSchool is correct, it is possible your provider (e.g. Optimum, AOL, etc.) is blocking or delaying emails from the Blackboard ParentLink system.
- If blocked, please contact your provider to share the issue with your email address
- If not blocked, please contact your school’s registrar to update your email address to a different provider.
ParentLink Text Message Support:
If you are not receiving text messages, please do the following in this sequence:- Check your cell phone settings and confirm that the number the texts are coming from has not been blocked.
- If not blocked, contact your school's registrar to verify that the cell phone # on file in PowerSchool is correct.
- If cell phone # on file is correct, please email powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us so that the MSD PowerSchool team can review your account in ParentLink.
Routefinder Pro Transportation Email System
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For Parents/Guardians of private/parochial school students
Our transportation email communication tool, Routefinder Pro, is used to inform the parents/guardians of private/parochial students on regularly scheduled bus routes with important announcements and delays expected to be over fifteen minutes.
Routefinder Pro Email Support:
If you are not receiving Routefinder Pro emails, please do the following in this sequence:- Check your spam/junk folder and add no-reply@msd.k12.ny.us to your safe-senders list.
- Email powerschool@msd.k12.ny.us to verify the email address on file in PowerSchool.
- If the email on record is correct, it is possible your provider is blocking or delaying emails from the Routefinder Pro system.
- If blocked by your provider, please contact the provider to share the issue with your email address or contact Karen Jones as noted above to update your email address to a different provider.
Community Email System
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For the Massapequa Community
- Community email messages are sent to subscribers from our ParentLink System and include such communications as:
- BOE related messages
- Community activities
- School closures and delays
- Community members must only subscribe to receive these emails by visiting our Community Email Subscriptions page.
- After subscribing, you will receive an email prompting you to "Verify your Blackboard account" by clicking on the link provided.
- If, at any time, you would like to be removed from email communications, please click on the unsubscribe link in the email footer.
- Parents/guardians DO NOT NEED to SUBSCRIBE. Community emails are automatically sent to parents/guardians from our school email list(s).
Community Email Support:
If you are not receiving emails, please do the following in this sequence:- Check your spam/junk folder and add no-reply@msd.k12.ny.us to your safe-senders list.
- If you continue to have issues, please re-subscribe.
- If you continue to have issues after re-subscribing, it is possible your provider is blocking or delaying emails sent from the Blackboard ParentLink system.
- If emails are being blocked, please contact your provider to share the issue with your email address or re-subscribe using a different email address/provider.
- Community email messages are sent to subscribers from our ParentLink System and include such communications as:
District App Messages
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For Students and Community Members
Students and community members can download our District App for notifications for:
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School closings and delays.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Please allow app notifications on your device to be alerted.
- Parent/guardian app subscribers will also receive these notifications through our Blackboard ParentLink System as described above.
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Website Alerts
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For All Members of the Massapequa Community
On-screen website alerts will appear on every screen of the website. This tool is used to inform all visitors of the following:
- School closings and delays
- Other important community information
- All visitors must read/close the alert before they can proceed to another page.
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Please note that in the 2023-24 start of year information, we removed standard voice-calls from our communications.