My inbox fills up all day. I get between 4–12 school emails a day (peaked at 22 last week). Principal newsletters. Teacher notes. Coach reminders. PTA updates. Volunteer asks. SignUpGenius links. Early dismissal alerts. One message runs eight paragraphs with everything happening at the middle school, the next is one line about a pizza party tomorrow. Half of it doesn’t apply to my kid. The rest hides the one thing I need to do tonight - bring $2 for a slice of pizza.
Threads get long. Replies pile up. The subject lines don’t help. I open, skim, close—and feel behind anyway. My oldest brings up a band t-shirt we need to buy “they sent you an email,” he says.
I don’t think this is an uncommon problem. Schools communicate a lot. It has been a running joke for the last couple of years with my friends around August 1st, “email season is starting”.
I’ve been trying to solve the problem of school email overload. SchoolChatter is my fix.
SchoolChatter makes keeping up with school life easy.
- Connects to my Gmail, identifies school senders, and pulls everything into one place
- Sends me a daily digest at 3pm (configurable) that I can read in 1 minute.
- Starts with what I need to do right now: low lunch balances, permission slips, medical forms
- Then important dates: homecoming, bowling outting, early dismissal next Tuesday
- Lastly general info: 7th grade volleyball fundraiser and principal Kate turn 43
- Everything is organized by child, activity, and school so I never mix up teams or grade levels
It honestly feels magical. I open one digest, see tonight’s to‑dos, track the dates, and skim the rest. I stopped searching my inbox because I’m all caught up every afternoon.
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Check it out at [https://schoolchatter.app]