New text message program includes school closings, emergencies

The Lapeer Community Schools has established, and tested, a new telephone text program that will allow the District to send emergency or school closing information via a text message to individual cellular phones. People interested in receiving school closing or other emergency messages via a text message, please e-mail Communications Specialist Jim Smith with your name, cell phone number and the company you use (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, etc.) at jimsmith@lapeerschools.org. Certain pre-paid cell phones are not accessible to the system at this time.

The anticipation is that a great number of people may want this service so please give allow a week or so to get all the numbers entered into the system.