Iowa School Alerts
by Mary Bendixen
IOWA SCHOOL ALERTS
The Anamosa Community School District has signed up to take part in
a new notification system offered by the State of Iowa called “Iowa
School Alerts.” This program gives parents, the media and others
the opportunity to sign up to receive e-mail notifications directly
when we have cancelled classes, or will be dismissing early or
starting late due to weather or other factors. This service, which
was developed by IT staff at the Department of Administrative
Services, is free of charge to you and the school. The State funded
the development of this program through the IOWAccess initiative,
which seeks to bring more e-government services to the people of
Iowa. And because the system is funded and operated by the state,
you can be assured that your e-mail addresses will not be sold to
anyone and you will not receive advertisements or spam due to
enrolling in the program.
Here’s how you can take advantage of this free service & sign
up for e-mail alerts:
1. Click on “Sign Up!” in the Main Menu at https://schoolalerts.iowa.gov.
This will take you to the “Enterprise A&A” screen for the State
of Iowa. If you already have an account with the State (say, for
another online application), there’s no need to create another
one.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to enter your name and e-mail
address, and create secret questions and your password. This step
involves obtaining a code from an e-mail sent to you to confirm
your registration.
3. Once you have created and confirmed your account registration,
you will be taken back to the School Alerts site where you can
click on “My Subscriptions” to add the school districts/buildings
you would like to receive notices for. Once you’ve selected a
school, you are asked to enter the e-mail addresses or cell phone
addresses where you would like notifications sent. You can add as
many e-mail addresses as you’d like! (Please note that some
wireless services providers may charge you for receiving e-mails or
text messages. You are responsible for those charges.)
We will still make sure that local media outlets are notified when
there’s a change in our classes so notices will still be made on
the television and radio, but we hope you will take advantage of
this opportunity to be directly notified as well!
If you have any questions about signing up for Iowa School Alerts,
please contact the school’s administration office or e-mail schoolalertsinfo@iowa.gov.
For more information:
Darrell Fremont, Project Manager
Iowa Department of Administrative Services
Information Technology Enterprise
Phone: 515-242-6009
E-mail: Darrell.Fremont@iowa.gov
