KARORI PRIMARY APP SENDS 47 NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT MUFTI DAY, PARENT'S PHONE GIVES UP
Forty-six were reminders. The forty-seventh corrected reminder twelve.
A Karori Primary parent's phone has been declared buggered after the school app sent 47 notifications about Friday's mufti day. One arrived at 5.47am. It reminded families that mufti day means not wearing the uniform.
The app was brought in two years ago to cut down on paper notices. It has instead replaced them with a steady drip of pings. One mother likened it to "being haunted by a ghost who's also on the PTA."
Fiona Marchbanks, 41, of Standen Street, silenced the app on Wednesday. She then missed an actual lockdown drill notice on Thursday. "Forty-seven pings about a gold coin donation. Not one about the drill. The dog knew more than I did."
A school spokesperson said the notifications were "layered to ensure reach across the parent community." Asked whether 47 was a lot for one non-uniform day, the spokesperson confirmed two of them were reminders about the reminders.
In 1974 the school sent home one note on yellow paper. You read it. You wore the clothes. Nobody pinged anybody. I'm not saying it was better. I'm saying my phone still worked by Friday.
Mufti day raised $312 for the Year 6 camp. The app sent a notification about it. Then another one.
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Reader Letters
Garry (Halswell)
Back in my day, a note from the teacher was enough. No phones, no apps, just one crinkled paper and you were sorted. Bring back the yellow paper, I say.
Margaret_F
Forty-seven notifications is just daft! We managed with one note for a whole week in '91 and no one forgot their mufti day.
b3gs_and_ch33se
Lol why are we still talking about mufti day like it's world news?
MumOf3_Tawa
Honestly, I had a similar experience with my kids' school app. My phone looked like it was hosting a fireworks show. Who has time to read them all?
Sandra McKenzie
It's actually Karori, not Karorie. Just saying. Details matter.
Karls_Top_Tips
Mate, just turn off the notifications from the settings. Technology is meant to help, not hinder. Fiona should've thought of that first, really.