Introduction
Communication regarding your child's progress at O'Farrell Community School has always been of paramount importance to our staff. Keeping our parents up-to-date and involved in their child's education means those students will derive maximum benefit from attending O'Farrell Community School.
In order to enhance and extend the avenues of communication between our staff and the parents of our students, O'Farrell Community School will be providing access for the parents of our students to a web-based information service, ParentConnection. ParentConnection is a secure reporting module that connects information from student accounting and reporting applications that staff and administrators at O'Farrell Community School use on a daily basis to keep track of attendance, grading, class assignments, behavior, progress reports and report cards, and other vital student information. ParentConnection also provides essential contact information for your child's teachers, advisors, and school administrators to effectively communicate with you on your child's progress and ensure success for your student.
Technical Requirements
In order to use ParentConnection, you must have a computer running either Mac OS X version 10.3.9 to 10.5.x or Windows 2000 SP4/Windows XP SP2/Windows Vista and Internet access. You must use a compatible web browser application such as Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer. You should also have the latest Java runtime software installed and software that can display Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on your computer.
Security
Because you will be dealing with confidential personal information about your children, you should make certain that your computer has up-to-date, properly configured, anti-virus/anti-spyware software installed and has all necessary security updates for your computer's operating system and its' installed software applied before accessing ParentConnection. Although the access to ParentConnection and the data that is transmitted to your computer is secured via standard Internet security protocols, most cases of information compromise that occur on personal computers is caused by the failure to use basic, common sense, security measures. So keep your child's personal information safe by keeping your software up-to-date. Additionally, it is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your PIN and password that you use to access ParentConnection.
Support
O'Farrell Community School can only be responsible for providing links (URLs) to the ParentConnection website that is maintained by San Diego Unified School District. O'Farrell Community School cannot provide technical support for your computer, its' operating system, installed software on your computer, or your Internet service.
