Communications

Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) communicates with a diverse community—including students, families, staff, partners, residents and other stakeholders. The Office of Communications helps keep information flowing to everyone who makes up, supports, and surrounds our district.

How We Communicate

The SPPS Office of Communications keeps families and staff informed by regularly sharing updates through the district website, school websites, and official social media channels. In urgent situations, such as school closures or other emergencies, we use multiple communication tools to share timely, accurate information with our community

District Website

Happening Now Newsletter

Mass Notification

SPPS uses Mass Notification to share important messages with families and staff via automated phone calls, emails, and text messages.

PARENTS/GUARDIANS: Please make sure your contact information is up to date in Parent Campus. If your phone number or email address changes during the school year, notify your child’s school right away. To receive text message alerts from SPPS, a mobile number must be entered in the appropriate field.

If you have opted out of receiving messages from the district, you can:

Call the Finalsite Phone Hotline at "855-502-STOP (855-502-7867)" from the phone line that has been opted out.
Send START to "60680" from the phone line that has been opted out for non-emergency messages. Reply START to "54968" for emergency messages.

To improve how we communicate with you, we’re updating the phone number we use to send text messages. Our Outreach text messages will be sent using a local 10-digit phone number.

New Text Message Number for Outreach: 651-705-2351

We recommend saving it in your contacts as “SPPS Alerts” so you always recognize messages from us.

MYSPPS App

Peachjar

Social Media

Channel 16 on SPNN

Did you know that the Office of Communications has produced more than 200 videos about SPPS schools and programs? Click here to visit the district's video channel to see a selection of videos about all the good things happening in SPPS.

SPPS' educational access cable channel 16 provides airtime for school and student-produced videos that can be shared with the community.

Schools can promote the unique activities in their school by sending ready-to-air footage of band concerts, choir concerts, plays, spelling bees, or other noteworthy events. Footage can be sent through school mail to: The Office of Communications

Please include your contact information when submitting items. We can use programs of any length and in these video formats:

MiniDV
Quicktime/Widows media video file
DVD

If you have any questions, please call 651-744-1339.

Board of Education Meeting Recordings

Regular Meetings of the Board of Education air live from the Districts Administration Building on the third Tuesday of each month, at 5:30 p.m.

The meetings are replayed 6 additional times. The airing dates are the following Saturday, at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Tuesday, at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Policies

We Want to Hear From You

We love sharing the great things happening across Saint Paul Public Schools. If you have a story, photo, or celebration from your school, we’d love to hear about it. Use the forms below to submit a story for the Brag Board, share a photo, or contact the Communications Team with a question.

Share a Story or Ask a Question

Media Requests

For interview requests, press inquiries, or to connect with school or district leadership, please contact the SPPS Office of Communications using the form below. We can assist with scheduling interviews, providing official statements or data, and coordinating media visits to schools (advance notice required).

Media Request

Translation Services

The Translations Team provides districtwide support for families in Hmong, Somali, Spanish and Karen. Each year, they translate more than 200,000 words—along with phone recordings, video voiceovers, text messages and more. The team also staffs the district’s dedicated phone lines for each language.

Schools and departments should use the Communication Support Form for Staff to request translation services.

Need Communication Support?

Are you a SPPS staff member in need of communications assistance? Visit our Communications Toolkit for resources, tips, and templates. You can also use the form below to request additional support, including translation services.

Communication Support Form for Staff

Use the form below to request support with Composer, Mass Notification, PeachJar, etc.

Support Request for Communication Tools

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