Hurray! Anahuac ISD
will be installing a new phone system starting
Our present phone system has been “limping along” for quite
some time. We have negotiated a lease
agreement with Windstream that we feel will address our needs and provide us
with a much improved quality of service for a nominal increase in costs. We are so pleased that we will be able to
implement the service before our entire system crashes!
The system will have many advantages. Among them are increased access lines that
will allow you to communicate with the different campuses and services. We are fully aware that there are many times
that you try and contact campus offices and the line is busy. Another advantage of the system is a school
activities line. You will be able to
call the campus and get a listing of the week’s activities. A final, but definitely not the last,
advantage of the new system is a school closing line. We know from our experience with Rita that an
information line is vital.
As we move to the new system, there are a few instructions
that we would like to share with our users.
First of all, let us say that we all have experienced the frustration of
talking to a machine! We hope that we
have planned for the menu on our system to be user friendly; however, we are
sure that there will be some operational issues that need to be worked
out. We ask that as you become familiar
with the system and its use, you bring these issues to our attention.
Our district primary number will be 409-267-3600. When you dial this number, you will receive a
district greeting followed by a menu.
The menu will provide the following prompts: central office, the
campuses, the transportation department, the maintenance department, and the
athletic department. Under each of these
prompts you will be allowed to access individual persons and services. The menu will talk you through the use of the
system.
We will begin to implement the new system the morning of
After the completion of the conversion on