City School District Of Albany: Student Username Change Upcoming

Albany NY

10 December, 2021

3:32 PM

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Press release from City School District of Albany: December 10, 2021 As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a safe and secure physical and digital environment, the City School District of Albany is changing the district username for all students. This username change will be effective Monday, Dec. 20.  This is a significant initiative, enabling us to more fully protect sensitive student information. While this change will require students of all ages to become familiar with a new login for all use of district devices and network resources, we have many supports in place to assist this transition across the district. Please watch your mail for a letter with more information. As with all other aspects of your child's education, the awareness and support of parents and guardians will be critical in helping your student succeed. To help you and your student remember the new username, the new username sequence will be based on the following elements: last 3 digits of Student ID, day of birth (2 digits), first letter of first name, first two letters of last name and default ending zero (0) unless the first eight characters are duplicative, which would result in a default ending of 1 or 2, etc. Example username for Test Student, with student ID 123964 and birthday of June 5, 2013: 96405tst0 As part of the change, each student's district email address also will change. Your support of this effort to enhance student privacy and overall cybersecurity is very much appreciated. If you have any additional questions before or after the Dec. 20 changeover, you or your student can contact your building administrators.  This press release was produced by City School District of Albany. The views expressed here are the author's own.