Stay Connected to USD 247
CHEROKEE and WEIR – Parents or guardians of USD 247 students who are not receiving text messages from the school, but would like to, need to opt into receiving messages by texting (from your phone) “Yes” to 79041. If you need assistance in doing this, please contact the district office (620-457-8350) for help.
If you opted out the first time you received an invitation and have changed your mind, follow the instructions above. BrightArrow (our communication provider) is not allowed to resend an invitation to those who opted out the first time.
KEEP IN MIND: If you don’t respond at all to an opt in invitation to receive text messages, BrightArrow is not allowed to continue sending you text messages. By contract with their SMS provider and in compliance with anti-spam laws, they are required to send our text messages on an “opt in” basis instead of an “opt out” option.
If you call the school and change your phone number, you will be asked to opt in by typing “Yes” to the opt in message, the next time a text is sent to you from the school. You will not automatically receive an invitation; however, you are more than welcome to type “Yes” to the number 79041 to be automatically added.
If your address, email, or phone number has changed or if any of these change in the future, please contact your student’s respective school to make sure everything is up to date, so you can continue to receive important text messages, emails, mail, and phone calls concerning your student, school, and district.
Another way to stay connected is to sign up to have website posts automatically delivered to your email inbox. That way, you won’t miss event or fundraiser notifications. Just follow these steps:
- Go to the website www.usd247.com.
- Enter your email address (work or personal or both) in the box where the red arrow is pointed (see graphic below).
- Then click on the black oval circle “Receive new posts via email.” That’s it!
