How the inbox worksFrom a stray message to a person who owns it
A message lands once, goes to the right person once, and stays one conversation even when it arrives across three channels.
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Everything in one thread
If a guardian writes on the website today and on WhatsApp tomorrow, it is the same thread — the staff member sees the whole history, not three half-conversations.
2
Assigned, not dropped
Messages route by round-robin, skill or load to a named person, so nothing sits unowned. During admission season a priority lane keeps the urgent ones at the top.
3
No double-answering
When a school forwards the same WhatsApp thread to three staff, collision detection shows who is already typing — so a guardian is not answered twice by two people who did not know about each other.
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Honest handover
If a staff member drops away mid-chat — a power cut, end of shift — the thread carries a clear handover note to the next person, rather than leaving a guardian talking to no one.