Kentucky law now requires that any electronic communications between school district staff or volunteers and students occur through board-approved traceable communication systems, unless a parent or guardian has specifically authorized a staff member to communicate electronically on another platform. The approved traceable communication systems in JCPS are:
JCPS District Email
Apptegy Rooms and Alerts
Infinite Campus Messenger
Google Workspace for Education
Class Dojo
Microsoft for Education
Blackboard Ultra ONLY for JCPS eSchool and Pathfinder
If your student receives electronic communication from a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of these platforms without your written consent, please notify your student’s principal. If you would like to authorize communication with your student by a JCPS staff member or volunteer outside of the board-approved traceable communication systems, please utilize the Consent for Outside Traceable Communications Form in the JCPS Parent Place.
If you would like to review any electronic communications your student has received from JCPS staff or volunteers on the approved traceable communications systems, please send a request to open.records@jefferson.kyschools.us. The request should include:
The name of the student
The school the student attends
The email address of the student
The name of the adult with whom the student was in communication
The platform used for these communications
The date of the communication
The reason for the request