Emailing report cards home does not deliver well with everyone
On April 10, report cards were emailed home for the first time, instead of being distributed during homeroom.
April 16, 2014
Report card time can be very stressful for some of the CHS student body, and this past marking period made it even harder for some students.
Change is a familiar concept for CHS this year; with all the changes to the lunch menus, technology policies, and new rules that have been implemented, it’s no real surprise that more changes have come.
For as long as most CHS students can remember, report cards have always been distributed during homeroom, but this is no longer the case. Instead, report cards have been emailed home to the student’s parents.
According to the Director of Digital Learning and Technology Stephanie Douglas, the reason the high school has changed to this new process is to “ensure that parents receive the report card in a timely manner.”
By not printing each student’s report card, the school district is saving money on toner and paper, which helps support CHS’s greener living ideals.
Junior Debbie Stanback thinks that emailing report cards home is a good idea because it’s more eco-friendly but she said, “I didn’t even know they were being emailed home until my mom told me. I wish I would have had a heads up about this beforehand.”
Junior Haley Scott thinks that emailing the report cards are a good idea because “it helps save trees and our environment. Not to mention it helps insure that parents see their kid’s grades.”
Though this change has perplexed some students, Douglas said she thinks “the effect on CHS students is minimal [and this process] simply takes the information formatted on our standard report card and delivers it electronically to families.”
Annie Griggs • Jan 17, 2015 at 6:08 pm
I think emailing report cards home is great not only for the environment but for the sure fact that parents will be aware of their kids grades. These are easy to access and read, save paper and ensure that everyone involved is being notified.
Alexis Spence • Jan 15, 2015 at 8:47 am
I do agree that the school is saving paper by them emailing the report cards. The school already uses a lot of paper so it is good they are trying to cut back. A lot of other things are technology based too so it makes sense that now our report cards are sent electronically.
Mark Haseman • Apr 30, 2014 at 10:33 pm
I prefer hard copies
Caitlin Dull • Apr 16, 2014 at 10:18 pm
I disagree that it’s solely for the environment . The school is doing a lot of things like this that they say are eco friendly but in reality there are just too many budget cuts to education coming from the government that they can’t afford paper. They’re already limiting what teachers can print, right? What is next? Charging students for the paper they print in the library? I’m glad I’m a senior because all of this just seems outrageous with more problems to come. What happens when this new technology fails? What about the people with no internet access? It’s crazy…just because we are in a digital world doesn’t mean we need to all be tech all the time….