Threatmail chaos in schools: lessons fail and parents are at a loss!

Threatmail chaos in schools: lessons fail and parents are at a loss!

At night, numerous schools in St. Pölten, the capital of Lower Austria, received threatening emails, which led to massive lack of teaching on Tuesday morning. According to krone.at , these "abstract threats" were sent to several school locations, which led to chaos and confusion. Many parents were informed too late, so that numerous children stayed at home as a precaution or were already on their way to school, without knowing that the lessons were. The educational directorate tried to organize a kind of care for the students already present, but this was not possible everywhere. For Tuesday and Wednesday, Distance Learning was switched to ensure the safety of the students.

In the middle of this turbulent situation, the role of parents in the digital communication of their children becomes particularly important. As the pedagogical portal fobizz.com reports, sensible rules for class chats become more important in order to promote respectful exchange. Parents should actively contribute to their children's online world in order not only to counteract possible problems, but also to strengthen trust when children entrust themselves to them. It is crucial that parents are looking for dialogue about online communication and do not secretly control their children's smartphones. In addition, clear rules should be established to ensure the quality of communication in the class chat, for example the agreement that personal conflicts should be clarified outside the chat.

The need to actively communicate both at school and online is only reinforced by current events. While schools are on alert due to threatening emails, all of us demand more cooperation to address and solve digital problems in good time.