As a totally unprepared parent, I’m delighted to hear about this new text-based service happening in St Paul. It seems like a communication channel that would be fair easy to replicate for other communities…
Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Valeria Silva on Monday announced a new summer-program texting service for parents looking to find activities for their kids while school is out.
“Summertime is a crucial period in our kids’ lives, and keeping their minds active to prevent summer learning loss is essential,” said Coleman. “These text alerts offer an easy new tool for parents to keep up with the many great activities that are available to engage kids during the summer months.”
The opt-in text service includes tips on how to keep kids active and learning throughout the summer, while also providing parents with ideas for how to ‘do the Summer Countdown,’ a key part of the citywide summer learning campaign. The new text service is another tool, in addition to Sprockets’ Program Finder, for parents to keep up with out-of-school programs.
Great use of easy technology. Here are the instructions for singing up…
There are two ways parents can sign up using their mobile phone:
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To subscribe for text alerts, text STPAUL SUMMER to 468311
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To subscribe for email updates through text, text STPAUL SUMMER YourEmailHere to 468311