{"id":17448,"date":"2026-09-11T14:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/blog\/news\/managing-parentsquare-notification-settings\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:43:54","slug":"managing-parentsquare-notification-settings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/news\/managing-parentsquare-notification-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing ParentSquare notification settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Too many messages? See below for recommendations and steps for updating ParentSquare notification settings to control how and when you receive updates from schools, teachers and KUSD.<\/p>\n<h2>&#x1f6a8; Urgent Alerts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You cannot turn these alerts off<\/li>\n<li>Used for critical, time-sensitive information<\/li>\n<li>Can be sent regardless of other notification settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>&#x1f514; School Alerts &amp; Smart Alerts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep school and district alerts toggled ON<\/li>\n<li>Used for time-sensitive information, such as snow days and other important updates<\/li>\n<li>Alerts can be delivered by text, email, phone call, or all three<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>&#x1f4ec; Regular Posts and Direct Messages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Posts contain non-urgent information such as upcoming events and reminders<\/li>\n<li>Direct messages are two-way communication between parents and individual staff members<\/li>\n<li>Choose either Instant (immediate) or Digest (once-daily, easy-to-read notification)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>&#x2b50; Recommended Settings<\/h2>\n<p>To receive one daily easy-to-read notification, use the Digest setting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instant: Receive notifications in real time<\/li>\n<li>Digest: Receive one daily notification containing all updates.<\/li>\n<li>Off: You will not receive notifications\/updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you previously replied STOP to text messages, you can opt back in by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replying START to a ParentSquare text message you previously received, or<\/li>\n<li>Texting START to 66458<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>&#x1f4bb; Update Your Notification Settings on a Computer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Select your name in the upper-right corner<\/li>\n<li>Select Manage Account<\/li>\n<li>Select Notification Settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>&#x1f4f1; Update Your Notification Settings in the ParentSquare App<\/h2>\n<p>From the Home screen, tap the Menu (\u2630) in the upper-left corner<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select Account<\/li>\n<li>Select Preferences<\/li>\n<li>Select Notifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the ParentSquare app:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.parentsquare.psapp&amp;hl=en_US&amp;pli=1\">Google Play<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/parentsquare\/id908126679\">App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17449,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[67],"class_list":["post-17448","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/ksol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}