Pearland ISD Email Guidelines for Parents
Email may be a fast and convenient way
for you to send messages, but this may not be the case for many of our
teachers. Some teachers read their email messages in the morning before school,
some read them at the end of the day, and some read them during the school day.
Many teachers prefer to use the phone to speak directly to parents.
For these reasons, please remember if
you choose to send an email message to a member of our professional staff, you
may not get an immediate reply. In fact you may not
receive an email reply at all, since the staff members will determine how best
to contact you: by email, phone, or to schedule a personal conference.
When using email:
- Please send only non-vital messages by this medium. For example, do
not use email to inform a teacher that your child is not to go home on the
bus. A teacher may not have time to read your message in a timely fashion.
Instead use the telephone to be sure your message is received and clearly
understood.
- Your child’s academic progress, learning expectations, or
behavioral issues are best addressed through a telephone conversation or
by scheduling a personal conference with your child's teacher. An email
message on these matters is not appropriate.
- Please remember that email is not confidential. Confidential
information should be conveyed by phone or personal contact.
- Please identify yourself in the subject line of your email message
and, if appropriate, the name of your child.
- For all
medical or health concerns, please contact your child's school nurse by
phone.
- Please keep all contacts professional. Jokes, amusing or special
stories, chain letters, or commercial solicitations are inappropriate and
reduce valuable teaching time.
- Mass email to the campus staff must be approved by the campus
administrator before sending the email.
Remember that email is
a quick way to send a message, but it is not necessarily the best way to get a
quick reply.