# Homeroom

> Parent email, newsletters and conferences, drafted in your voice. Homeroom helps K-12 teachers with parent communication: reply drafts for parent emails, a Friday newsletter writer, and a parent-conference kit, in your voice and using only your class facts. Student and parent names are swapped for placeholders in your browser before anything is sent, with a privacy lens to check. Nothing is ever auto-sent. Gmail/Outlook inbox integration is coming soon.

Homeroom is a parent-communication assistant for K-12 teachers (early access). Live today, all in the browser with no signup: parent-email reply drafts that categorize the email (absence, grades, behavior, logistics, praise, sensitive) and suggest a call for sensitive topics (medical, custody, safety, special education, angry); voice learning from 10-20 pasted past replies; a class facts sheet (drafts state only those facts; unknowns become [confirm: ...] placeholders); a Friday newsletter writer; a parent-conference prep kit (per-student talking points, follow-up email, optional scheduling email, copy-all and print); and a report-card comment writer that works from real scores (batch, copy-all, export); and a post-conference follow-up kit (follow-up email with the check-in date and the ask up top, plus an optional report-card comment). It never sends email on its own. Drafts are written by an AI model (Llama on Cloudflare Workers AI) from the teacher's notes, facts and voice, with a fact check that flags any date, time or number not in the teacher's facts; built-in templates are the fallback if the AI is unavailable. Coming soon: Gmail/Outlook inbox connection, teacher accounts, a daily morning agent, and billing.

## Key facts
- Privacy: student and parent names, emails and phone numbers are replaced with placeholders (e.g. [STU_1]) in the browser before text is sent, and a privacy lens shows exactly what was sent; stray names not on the roster can slip through; the tools do not store pasted emails, notes or drafts on the server (account/inbox content, once those launch, is deleted after 30 days); no training on customer data; no student accounts.
- Pricing: Free (15 drafts/month); Pro $12/month or $99/year (billing coming soon; Pro features voice learning, class facts, Friday newsletter, and parent-conference kit are free during beta); School $6/teacher/month, minimum 10 teachers, with a data privacy agreement (coming soon).
- Voice profile, past replies, class facts, and conference notes are stored only in the teacher's browser (localStorage).
- Status: early access; Pro features voice learning, class facts, the Friday newsletter writer, and the parent-conference kit are live and free during beta; Gmail and Outlook inbox integration and whole-inbox sorting are coming soon.

## Pages
- [Home](https://homeroom.day/): overview, features, how it works, pricing, FAQ, waitlist
- [Try it](https://homeroom.day/try): live demo that drafts a reply to a pasted parent email
- [Voice & class facts setup](https://homeroom.day/setup): teach Homeroom your voice and class facts
- [Friday newsletter](https://homeroom.day/newsletter): a few bullets about your week become a short three-section parent newsletter (what we did, what's coming with dates, one ask or reminder)
- [Parent-conference kit](https://homeroom.day/conferences): per-student notes to conference talking points (open positive, name the concern, next step, something to try at home), a follow-up email in the teacher's voice, and an optional scheduling email; copy-all, print and .txt export; free during beta
- [Privacy](https://homeroom.day/privacy): plain-language privacy page
- [What happens to student names?](https://homeroom.day/student-names): step by step: what is typed, what the browser replaces, what the AI receives, what is stored where, what is never done, with a before/after example and limits
- [Report-card comments](https://homeroom.day/report-cards): paste or type each student's scores or grades (or a spreadsheet table); get a report-card comment in the teacher's voice that names one strength and one focus area from the scores and includes one specific detail; batch for a class, copy-all, .csv/.txt export; student names are hidden in the browser first; free during beta
- [Post-conference follow-up kit](https://homeroom.day/conferences/follow-up): after conferences, per-student notes (kind highlight, what was discussed and agreed, next steps, check-in date) become a skimmable follow-up email (check-in date and the ask up top, 1-2 things to try at home) and an optional report-card comment; copy-all, print, .txt; free during beta

## Guides for teachers
- [How to reply to an angry parent email (with templates)](https://homeroom.day/guides/reply-to-angry-parent-email): A calm, five-step way to answer an upset parent: what to write, what never to write, and when to pick up the phone instead.
- [Absence email replies: 7 templates teachers can copy](https://homeroom.day/guides/absence-email-reply-templates): Copy-and-paste replies for sick days, appointments, family trips, and long absences, plus how to handle make-up work without promising too much.
- [Setting boundaries on parent email without sounding cold](https://homeroom.day/guides/parent-email-boundaries): How to set response-time expectations, handle after-hours messages, and redirect long email threads to a call, kindly.
- [Using AI for parent emails without risking student privacy](https://homeroom.day/guides/ai-parent-emails-student-privacy): What FERPA means when you paste a parent email into an AI tool, what to strip out first, and safer ways to get help drafting replies.
- [Parent-teacher conference prep: talking points and follow-up emails (with templates)](https://homeroom.day/guides/parent-conference-prep): A simple per-student plan for parent-teacher conferences: open with a strength, name the concern plainly, agree on a next step, and send a short follow-up email.
- [Missing assignment emails to parents: 5 templates for every stage](https://homeroom.day/guides/missing-assignments-email-to-parents): When and how to email families about missing work: a first heads-up, a follow-up, an end-of-quarter warning, and a calm reply when a parent asks why they weren't told sooner.
- [How to reply when a parent disputes a grade (with templates)](https://homeroom.day/guides/grade-dispute-email-reply): Calm, fair replies for grade disputes: when a parent says a grade is wrong, asks you to change it, or wants extra credit, plus how to fix a real mistake without losing credibility.

## Schools and privacy
- [School plan](https://homeroom.day/schools): $6/teacher/month, minimum 10, signed SDPC National DPA
- [DPA summary](https://homeroom.day/dpa)
- [Data deletion](https://homeroom.day/data-deletion)

## FAQ
- **Why not just use ChatGPT?** ChatGPT can write an email. Homeroom is built for parent communication. Student names, emails, and phone numbers are swapped for placeholders in your browser before anything reaches the AI, and drafts are tuned for parent email: de-escalating, holding boundaries, avoiding promises or blame, and following school norms, with no prompts to write. Pro (free during beta) also learns your voice from past replies and only states class facts you provide, flagging anything else as [confirm: ...]. Your voice profile and class facts stay in your browser. It also writes Friday newsletters and parent-conference talking points and follow-ups. Gmail/Outlook inbox integration is coming soon.
- **Does Homeroom use AI today?** Yes. Homeroom is in early access. Drafts are written by an AI model (a Llama model on Cloudflare Workers AI) from your notes, class facts and voice profile, after names, emails and phone numbers have been replaced with placeholders in your browser. A fact check removes any date, time or number that isn't in your facts or the parent's email. If the AI is unavailable, built-in templates take over, and the privacy rules (names hidden first, your facts only, never auto-sent) stay the same.
- **Will Homeroom make up dates or policies?** No. Drafts may only state facts from your class facts sheet or the parent's email. Anything else becomes a highlighted [confirm: ...] placeholder for you to fill in, and the facts used are listed under each draft.
- **Does Homeroom ever send emails on its own?** No. Homeroom only writes drafts. You read, edit, and send every message yourself. Sensitive emails get a suggestion to call instead of a draft reply.
- **Does the AI see my students' names?** Not the ones Homeroom recognizes. Names on your roster, names typed into a tool's name fields, emails, phone numbers and common patterns ("This is Dana Ruiz", "Leo's mom") are replaced with placeholders like [STU_1] in your browser before any text is sent, and real names are restored only on your screen. A stray name that isn't on your roster can slip through, so the privacy lens shows exactly what was sent.
- **How long do you keep data?** The tools don't store the emails, notes or drafts you paste on our servers at all. Your roster, voice profile, class facts and conference notes stay in your browser until you clear them. When accounts and the inbox connection launch (coming soon), stored message content will be deleted after 30 days. We never train AI models on your data, never sell it, and never show ads.
- **What happens to student names?** Your browser replaces student and parent names, emails and phone numbers with placeholders like [STU_1] before anything is sent; real names come back only on your screen, and a privacy lens shows exactly what was sent. Names on your roster, names typed in a tool, and common patterns are caught; a stray name that isn't on your roster can slip through. Step by step: /student-names.
- **Is Homeroom FERPA compliant?** Homeroom is designed to act as a school official under FERPA with a school agreement, and we will sign the SDPC National Data Privacy Agreement on request. We are starting with private and independent schools and will help you check your district's approval rules.
- **Does it work with Gmail and Outlook?** Inbox connections for Gmail and Outlook are coming next. Today you can try the drafting assistant by pasting a parent email into the demo.
- **What does it cost?** Free for 15 drafts a month. Pro is $12/month or $99/year and includes voice learning, class facts, the Friday newsletter, and the parent-conference kit (free during beta). School plans are $6 per teacher per month. Paid plans are coming soon; join the waitlist to get early access.
- **Do students use Homeroom?** No. There are no student accounts. Homeroom is for teachers only.