As far as I’m concerned, FR IS an emergency notification system. The thread was posted minutes before the phone call, although I got the phone call first. I didn’t give the name of the school; I implied that things seemed to be under control; ie modified lockdown and suspect in custody. How is that going to encourage a rash of phone calls? The principal also said in the phone message, don’t worry, don’t come in, so parents would know.
One aspect of the emergency text notification system is that people will notify others who haven’t seen the texts yet.
I didn’t mean to imply that you posted the alert.
But I disagree that FR is an “emergency notification system”. It is an open forum. Speculation and rumor always fly freely here and rightly so.
Its just that in this era of instant communication, things get out of control quickly and I think that some restraint should be used in emergent situations.
The institution’s first responsibility is student/public safety, not answering the press and the curious. This just makes it harder. IMHO.