Author Archives: Brian Abeling

About Brian Abeling

Director of Technology, serving West Des Moines Community Schools

Results from Emergency Test Call on Oct 27th.

On Oct 27th at 7pm, we tested our emergency notification system by sending a test message to all parents and staff.  So how did the test go?. Overall, the results look really good. Here’s some quick stats related to the test call.

10 minutes = amount of time it takes to make the initial contact with all families.

10,982 =  total number of people that it contacts during that time.

During that time, here’s how many contacts were made:

  • Over 13,000 phone calls
  • 2,600 text messages
  • 8,900 emails