When there are school emergencies requiring school closures, delays, and other emergency announcements there will be an emergency broadcast using Connect 5, a program designed to convey these messages. In most cases there will be an email and a text message sent. Phone messages will be sent when appropriate. It is SAES policy to not send phones messages in the morning.
All employees should have an email and phone number on record in WhippleHill. Those contact points are what is used to reach employees in case of emergency.
To ensure you receive a text message follow these instructions:
- Go to www.saes.org and click Login on the top right of the page
- After you've logged in, click the down arrow next to your name in the upper right
- Choose Profile
- Find the section labeled Phone (In order to receive text messages you need one to be designated as a "wireless" phone.)
- If no phone has a wireless designation click Add New. For Phone Type select Wireless, enter the phone number and Save.
Note: The wireless phone can be the same as any other phone already on your record. In other words, the home phone number and wireless phone number can be the same. If you wish to change the designation of phone type you will need to delete the phone, press the X to the right of the phone number, and then click Add New to enter in the phone number.
If you have any issues with any of these steps, drop by the tech office or call support @ x305 and we will be happy to help.