School Messenger Broadcast Types Indicate Phone/Email to be Contacted

School Messenger Broadcast Types Indicate Phone/Email to be Contacted

Broadcast types determine which phone numbers and/or emails will be used for each broadcast. It is important that you do not change this information unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are doing. 

We have the following broadcast types:

Non-School Hours Emergency Broadcast Type

Phones/Emails/Texts Sent:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 3
  • Student Cell Phone (From Addresses and Names screen)
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Email
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Email
  • Text message is sent to the numbers that the person opted in with. You have to look in School Messenger under Contacts to get that information.

School Hours Emergency Broadcast Type

Phones/Emails/Texts Sent:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 3
  • Student Cell Phone (From Addresses and Names screen)
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Email
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Email
  • Contact1 Phone1
  • Contact2 Phone1
  • Contact3 Phone1
  • Contact4 Phone1
  • Text message is sent to the numbers that the person opted in with. You have to look in School Messenger under Contacts to get that information.

Attendance Broadcast Type

Phones/Emails/Texts Sent:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Email
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Email

Text message is sent to the numbers that the person opted in with. You have to look in School Messenger under Contacts to get that information.

General Info Broadcast Type

Phones/Emails/Texts Sent:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Email
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Email
  • Text message is sent to the numbers that the person opted in with. You have to look in School Messenger under Contacts to get that information.

Snow Day/Closure Broadcast Type

Phones/Emails/Texts Sent:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 2
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Phone 3
  • Parent/Guardian 1 Email
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Email
  • Student Cell Phone (From Addresses and Names screen)
  • Text message is sent to the numbers that the person opted in with. You have to look in School Messenger under Contacts to get that information.

Annual Student Update Reminders Broadcast Type

Phones Only:

  • Parent/Guardian 1 Primary Phone
  • Parent/Guardian 2 Primary Phone

Contact Record in School Messenger

This shows the way the student and parent record in School Messenger shows what phone numbers and emails will be used for each broadcast type. You can see three sections; Phone, Email and SMS (text) Across the top of each section are the Broadcast Types. Please note Prone 11 is the student cell phone. 

Note: You can click the Edit button, then click Override. That will allow you to change the phone number or email that is specified for any broadcast type. When the Override box is checked, the data will not be overwritten by PowerSchool.


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