OK, I'm really late getting into this discussion, but I figure I'll add my 2 cents. I use to work in a school district with about 1100 students total, and near 120 staff. (I was the lone tech guy!)
I'd say keep the email in house. Yes, it's a ton more work on you, but you can control the email then. If a student uses gmail, they could anonymously email someone and tracking it down would be next to impossible. At least with in house you'd have backups, you can get into accounts if required, accounts aren't anonymous, and you can control what kind of attachments are coming in. |