District sets Oct. 15 as deadline to end practice of publishing staff emails
Cyber security for school districts is becoming an increasing concern as cyber attacks increase across the country. In order to protect North Syracuse Central School District staff and resources, we are transitioning to the removal of staff email addresses and directory information being published on our webpages. We plan to remove the online staff directory on October 15.Email is still an important form of communication, and we are not limiting the use of email between school and home. We are only changing the practice of publishing staff email addresses in a way that allows for easy scraping by web bots. This change is driven by increasing concerns around phishing campaigns, which often result from the scraping of email addresses posted publicly online. Many districts in the area are making a similar decision, and this is consistent with best practices for organizations of our size.
Parents and guardians also have access to staff through ParentSquare and can use the direct message feature to send messages to staff members. School and district phone numbers are and will continue to be published online and community members are asked to reach out in this manner.
Parents/Guardians, to contact your child’s teacher, you can:
- Log into ParentSquare and use the direct message feature (directions) to contact him/her. Additional information for NSCSD ParentSquare users is available on district website.
- Log into SchoolTool and message your child’s teacher. Additional information on using SchoolTool is available on the district website.
- Contact the main office at your child’s school (phone numbers below), where our staff can provide further assistance.
- North Syracuse Early Education Program 315/218-2200
- Allen Road Elementary School 315/218-2300
- Karl W. Saile Bear Road Elementary School 315/218-2400
- Cicero Elementary School 315/218-2500
- Lakeshore Road Elementary School 315/218-2600 Due to construction at Lakeshore, students in Grades 1-3 will be located at St. Margaret’s School (201 Roxboro Road, Mattydale, NY 13211-1496) for the 2024-2025 school year. Lakeshore kindergarten students will temporarily attend Cicero Elementary School and 4th graders will attend Gillette Road Middle School.
- Roxboro Road Elementary School 315/218-2700
- Smith Road Elementary School 315/218-2800
- Gillette Road Middle School 315/218-3000
- Roxboro Road Middle School 315/218-3300
- North Syracuse Junior High School 315/218-3600
- Cicero-North Syracuse High School 315/218-4100
