FAQs

What is SNN?
SNN is an opt-in e-mail alert system for which parents and residents can sign up to receive e-mail alerts from the district. With SNN, district and school officials have the power to send updates and reminders about district activities or information about emergency school closings and delays. Users can choose to receive any or all of the alerts, and they can unsubscribe at any time. **Your e-mail address will be kept confidential.**

• How do I sign up?

• What notifications do you offer?

• How do I log in?

• How often will I receive notifications?

• How do I change what notifications I am subscribed to?

• How do I unsubscribe from ALL notifications?

• Why does my email program think your notifications are junk mail?

How do I sign up?
Go to the SNN home page and create a profile. You will be asked to fill in your name and e-mail address and to select a password. Once you create your profile, you will be asked to select which alerts you would like to receive. Once you choose your alerts and click subscribe, you will be all set! (You can change your selected alerts at anytime by logging in to the system.)

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What notifications do you offer?
Currently, we offer the following notifications:

Emergency School Closings and Delays: Sign up for this notification to receive an immediate email when our schools are closed or delayed unexpectedly due to severe weather or other emergency. Alerts will also go out when after school or evening activities are cancelled due to bad weather. (Please note that in the very rare event that schools need to close early, this alert will also be utilized.)

Board of Education and District News: Sign up for this notification if you are interested in receiving Emails with new information about district events, announcements, Board of Education happenings, budget information and anything that has been posted on our website.

Milton Terrace North Elementary School News:  Find out about news, events and activities specific to Milton Terrace North School.

Milton Terrace South Elementary School News:  Find out about news, events and activities specific to Milton Terrace South School.

Malta Avenue Elementary School News: Find out about news, events and activities specific to Malta Avenue School.

Wood Road Elementary School News:  Find out about news, events and activities specific to Wood Road School.

Ballston Spa Middle School News:  Find out about news, events and activities specific to the Middle School.

Ballston Spa High School News:  Find out about news, events and activities specific to the High School.

Sex Offender Notification:  Find out via email whenever the police notify our school district that a registered sex offender has moved into or changed residency in our district. This is a rare occurrence, but we will share whatever limited information we receive from the police. Information on sex offenders is also accessed at any time via the NYS Sex Offender Registry web page.

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How do I log in?
Go to the SNN home page, enter your e-mail address and password in the appropriate fields and press the Login button.

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How often will I receive notifications?
The number of e-mails you receive will depend on which notifications you have signed up for and how the principal of your child's school chooses to utilize the system.

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How do I change what notifications I am subscribed to?
After you log in, your profile page will appear. Click the checkbox next to each notification you'd like to receive and then click "Update." If you leave a box blank, you will automatically be removed from that list.

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How do I unsubscribe from ALL notifications?
If you decide that you don't want to receive ANY updates from Ballston Spa's SNN system, it is easy to unsubscribe. When you visit the SNN home page, there is an "unsubscribe" link on the right-hand navigational rail. Click on it, fill in the form and you're done!

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Why does my e-mail program think your notifications are junk mail?
Some e-mail programs or providers are very aggressive about identifying spam or junk mail. Our SNN return email is a valid e-mail address called webadmin@bscsd.org. However, it is possible that your e-mail program might put messages from this address into your spam folder. To help eliminate this possibility, please add webadmin@bscsd.org to your e-mail "whitelist" or list of trusted senders.

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