SchoolStatus

Name: SchoolStatus
Rating: 0 (0 reviews)
Author: SchoolStatus

Data-enabled communication.

Free

Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

SchoolStatus
Language

EN
English
Size

54
MB

With SchoolStatus, you can stay engaged with parents from anywhere: - Find contact information for students’ families - Make calls and send texts from an anonymous number - Receive calls and texts from parents - See your engagement history - Keep your data accurate and secure

Ratings & Reviews

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Better options that are free
03/17/2024

ChristieKai
Broadcasts and messages need to have a schedule feature. I should be able to send videos. I don’t see why I can’t send multiple pictures in a broadcast to my class. The translations are not consistently correct. The app version crashes often or glitches and has caused parents to receive messages about the wrong child. I have used the computer and the app version. It also doesn’t let me receive calls. Only voicemails after the fact. The only thing this app does that ClassDojo didn’t, is let me call and record phone conversations with parents. As far as I know, it doesn’t have a message up front that tells families that they are being recorded for quality assurance purposes… so the ethics of it are questionable at best. I’ve been sent email after email from this company asking how to improve, and I’ve said the same few things for the past two years. Nothing has changed or been improved.
Better options that are free
03/17/2024

ChristieKai

Broadcasts and messages need to have a schedule feature. I should be able to send videos. I don’t see why I can’t send multiple pictures in a broadcast to my class. The translations are not consistently correct. The app version crashes often or glitches and has caused parents to receive messages about the wrong child. I have used the computer and the app version. It also doesn’t let me receive calls. Only voicemails after the fact. The only thing this app does that ClassDojo didn’t, is let me call and record phone conversations with parents. As far as I know, it doesn’t have a message up front that tells families that they are being recorded for quality assurance purposes… so the ethics of it are questionable at best. I’ve been sent email after email from this company asking how to improve, and I’ve said the same few things for the past two years. Nothing has changed or been improved.
Terrible interface
04/23/2021

Tex3rin
I only use this because I’m a teacher and it’s a district requirement. Their online and mobile interface are awful to navigate, super glitchy where it doesn’t work half the time, and not user-friendly at all. They said to roll back to the previous update because the new one doesn’t work, but the first one sucked too. This system needs a complete overhaul with specific teacher feedback. I’ve been asking them to add scheduled broadcasts for months and they respond with a very copy-paste “that’s in our future updates” response that doesn’t seem genuine at all.

Developer Response
Hi Erin -- we think that's a great idea. Specifically, we'd like to invite you to be a part of our user experience group to help improve SchoolStatus. If you'll email help@schoolstatus.com or call 855-9-STATUS and reference this conversation, we'd be excited to get your specific feedback to help improve our product. We look forward to working with you to help improve the teacher experience in our latest releases.All the Best,Russ Davis, Founder & CEO
Terrible interface
04/23/2021

Tex3rin

I only use this because I’m a teacher and it’s a district requirement. Their online and mobile interface are awful to navigate, super glitchy where it doesn’t work half the time, and not user-friendly at all. They said to roll back to the previous update because the new one doesn’t work, but the first one sucked too. This system needs a complete overhaul with specific teacher feedback. I’ve been asking them to add scheduled broadcasts for months and they respond with a very copy-paste “that’s in our future updates” response that doesn’t seem genuine at all.
Developer Response 07/29/2021
Hi Erin -- we think that's a great idea. Specifically, we'd like to invite you to be a part of our user experience group to help improve SchoolStatus. If you'll email help@schoolstatus.com or call 855-9-STATUS and reference this conversation, we'd be excited to get your specific feedback to help improve our product. We look forward to working with you to help improve the teacher experience in our latest releases.All the Best,Russ Davis, Founder & CEO
School Status difficulties
09/09/2021

L_eaux
School Status is required by our district. I love how everything is in one place and electronic. It really helps me keep track of parent communication. HOWEVER, I am constantly having connection issues. When I really need to call a parent, the call is dropped or never even attempts to call them. ESPECIALLY when using the app. It’s really frustrating, because I don’t like using my personal number, but sometimes I’m desperate to get a hold of a parent. I also wish I could schedule my broadcast messages. This would make life so much easier.

Developer Response
Hi, L_eaux— I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble. As the CEO at SchoolStatus, it’s important to me that every user has a great experience. If you’re not, I want to fix it. Can you please email us at help@schoolstatus.com or call us at 601-620-0613 as soon as possible? Please reference this review when you do. Thank you. —Russ Davis, CEO
School Status difficulties
09/09/2021

L_eaux

School Status is required by our district. I love how everything is in one place and electronic. It really helps me keep track of parent communication. HOWEVER, I am constantly having connection issues. When I really need to call a parent, the call is dropped or never even attempts to call them. ESPECIALLY when using the app. It’s really frustrating, because I don’t like using my personal number, but sometimes I’m desperate to get a hold of a parent. I also wish I could schedule my broadcast messages. This would make life so much easier.
Developer Response 09/10/2021
Hi, L_eaux— I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble. As the CEO at SchoolStatus, it’s important to me that every user has a great experience. If you’re not, I want to fix it. Can you please email us at help@schoolstatus.com or call us at 601-620-0613 as soon as possible? Please reference this review when you do. Thank you. —Russ Davis, CEO
Inaccessible Features not Optimized for 14 Pro
10/25/2022

musicfanatic53
School Status was always mediocre to begin with, but on the iPhone 14 Pros, the icons and buttons have not been optimized and are inaccessible 85% of the time. Usually, the only way to access them is to wait for a message and tap the notification. Also the letters in messages run outside the box when typing or scrolling the message… the website is far better.
Inaccessible Features not Optimized for 14 Pro
10/25/2022

musicfanatic53

School Status was always mediocre to begin with, but on the iPhone 14 Pros, the icons and buttons have not been optimized and are inaccessible 85% of the time. Usually, the only way to access them is to wait for a message and tap the notification. Also the letters in messages run outside the box when typing or scrolling the message… the website is far better.