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

emily | 12:30 PM | SMS and Students |
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