[funsec] 2, 100 automated calls wrongly tell Medford parents their children skipped school

[rms at computerbytesman.com]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/01/2100_medford_pa.html

By Kate Augusto, Globe Correspondent 

School children may have had to do some explaining today in Medford after
2,100 automated phone calls were mistakenly made to parents saying the
students missed class. 

The blast of automated phone calls was accidentally sent at about 11 a.m. to
parents of students of all ages. The system, which the school district has
used for two years, alerts parents of their children's attendance,
emergencies, and other situations.

"It's an excellent system, this was just a sequencing error," said Roy
Belson, the superintendent of schools. "We're working on correcting any
possibilities of that happening again." 

 

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