Your school's texting number

Your school can have its own local texting number. Families see the same number every time, and they can text it back.

Before you start

You need to be an owner, an admin, or a Principal on your team.

Steps

1. Go to Front office, then Roster and settings.
2. Under Texting number, type your three digit Area code.
3. Click Rent a number. The card now shows your number.

Good to know

• You rent the number once. Absence texts, calendar reminders, and your replies all come from it.
• Texts families send to it land in Messages.
• When a family texts from a phone number that matches one family on file, that family is counted as agreeing to texts.
• A text from an unknown number, or one shared by more than one family, waits under Needs a name in Messages until you match it.
• If no numbers are left in your area code, you see a message. Try a nearby area code.
• Texts cost 3 credits per 160 characters.