April 7, 2020
Dear Catholic School Families,
As you know the Superintendent of Schools Office and the Inner City Scholarship Fund are working to secure every possible benefit for our families during these challenging times.
As you visit WWW.CATHOLICSCHOOLSNY.ORG you will see additional resources and benefits updated on a regular basis. In particular, with this communication, we wanted to share that we are advocating for every child who may need a computer/chromebook whose family is unable to secure one. Thanks to generous donors and government funds we are hopeful that we may be able to assist those who need it most. We have already loaned out some devices from our schools to families to meet the immediate needs.
Later today you will receive a phone call to your home number and if there is no answer today we will call your cell phone tomorrow asking you about access to computers/chromebook in your home for your son(s) or daughter(s). Please respond to the automated telephone survey; there is no other way to participate in this survey.
Below is that script that will be used so you have a copy in advance of the call.
Wishing you all a blessed Holy Week and Happy Easter!
Sincerely,
Michael J. Deegan
Superintendent of Schools Archdiocese of New York
Archdiocese of New York Phone Survey
Hello, I’m calling on behalf of the Catholic Schools Superintendent Michael Deegan. We hope you and your family are well. I am calling you today to ask you to please respond to these few questions so we can make sure every student is having the best home-based learning experience possible. Your responses are very important because we are advocating to government officials and donors to help where there is a need.
Q1. Does your catholic school elementary or middle school child or children each have a dedicated computer/chromebook for their schoolwork that they DO NOT share with anyone else in the household? Press 1 for yes, Press 2 for no.
1. Yes [Go to Q2]
2. No [Go to Q 3]
Q2. Did your child or children receive this from their catholic school on loan? Press 1 for Yes, Press 2 for No
1. Yes [Go to Q4]
2. No [Go to Q3]
Q3. How many children do not have their own computer/Chromebook? Press 1 for one child, Press 2 for 2
children, Press 3 for three children, Press 4 for more than 3 children. [All Go to Q4]
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. More than 3
Q4. Do you have internet access at home? Press 1 for yes,Press 2 for no. [All Go to Close]
1. Yes
2. No
Close: Thank You for participating. The Superintendent of Schools Office has many updated resources for our families listed on our website: CatholicSchoolsNY.Org. Wishing you and your family a blessed Holy Week and Happy Easter!
Machine Message:
Hello: I’m calling on behalf of the Catholic Schools Superintendent Michael J. Deegan. We hope you and your family are well. I was calling you today so we can make sure every student is having the best home- based learning experience possible. We are sorry we missed you. The Archdiocese has many updated resources for our families listed on our website: CatholicSchoolsNY.Org.
Wishing you and your family a blessed Holy Week
and Happy Easter!
WWW.CATHOLICSCHOOLSNY.ORG
