Contact

The Contact page allows parents to contact their setting. Similar to an email, parents can enter a subject, message and attach any files to email the setting to their main email address setup within Abacus settings. 

For a training video on Parent Portal, click here

Please Note: The messages sent via Parent Portal will be received in the setting as emails.

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