[phyllistine]

> The only way I see this being something that's truly time critical is if they're using "emergency" as a euphemism for school shooting.

Parents are regularly getting notified about school shootings several minutes before the police. I absolutely do not want a school taking my kid's phone in this increasingly common case.

[cududa]

I hope your kid is never in a shooting, but what would you knowing 3 minutes before cops about a school shooting accomplish?

[tomjen3]

Thats easy: get out before the cops gets even more killed like Uvalde.

[cududa]

Fuck the cops in Uvalde - but again, how is a parent knowing there's an active shooter, minutes for the cops, going to make any difference?

[ilikecakeandpie]

I get that, and maybe I'm being incredibly naive, but can't the schools utilize existing pipelines to inform the parents immediately? When we had a snow day, they'd call with an automated message and let us all know. Isn't there something in place to do the same for emergency situations? If not, wouldn't that be something relatively simple to build?

[mkr-hn]

The existing pipeline is increasingly an app. (anecdotally from friends with kids in school)