Managing Dismissal Plans

This page has a walkthrough of Managing Dismissal Plans in several formats. Please use the Table of Contents below to access your preferred format & specific feature option.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Adding a Pickup Mode or Guardian Change: Detailed Text Steps

• Removing a Pickup Mode or Guardian Change: Detailed Text Steps

• Marking a Student Absent: Detailed Text Steps

• Schedule an early pickup: Detailed Text Steps

Adding a Pickup Mode or Guardian Change: Detailed Text Steps
1. Select the child's name from your "children" tab along the bottom of the app. Tap on the triple bar icon in green next to your school’s name to make changes for multiple students at once. 

2. Choose the correct calendar date for when you want the change to start. In case, you have selected multiple students. Click on the three-dot icon that automatically appears after selecting multiple students. 

3. Select "change pickup" 

4. On the next screen:

• Ensure the desired date is selected or select the applicable date. 

• If this change should repeat, select the dropdown for "Repeat this Pickup?" and choose from the available options. Examples include "daily", "weekly", "monthly" and "weekdays".

• If you choose to repeat the change you will then have more options appear to select an end date for the change and any exceptions. Ex: you could select daily change, then click to unselect certain dates as part of an exception.

5. Select the desired pickup mode option from the drop-down as well as select
who is picking up (yourself/the other primary guardian OR someone else). If you
choose "change selection" you will be able to choose from your Pikmykid contact

list OR import a new contact from your phone's contacts. We highly recommend
setting up Pikmykid-approved contacts in advance.

    

6. Click on “Confirm Changes” by scrolling the screen to successfully save changes. You will see the dates in green where a pickup change was already scheduled. Please unselect those days if you do not want to overwrite the previously existing changes.

7. You will see a green notification on the top of the screen with a confirmation. The other primary guardian on the account & the school will also see these changes on the student's calendar.

8. At any time you can access your student's calendar and click a date to view the planned pick-up mode for that day.

Removing a Pickup Mode or Guardian Change: Detailed Text Steps

To cancel a change added to the student's dismissal schedule:

1. Select the child's name from your "children" tab at the bottom of the app.

2. Click on the date of the change you want to remove.

3. Click "Cancel Pickup" in the box below the calendar

4. Confirm the change to cancel. If it is a change with repetition, the system allows you to cancel all applicable dates.

Marking a Student Absent: Detailed Text Steps

To mark student(s) absent through the app:
1. Select the child's name from your "children" tab(“My Children” section) along the bottom of the app or tap on the 3-bar icon in green next to your school’s name to mark absent multiple students.

2. Choose the correct calendar date on which you want the change to begin. If you have selected multiple students, click on the three-dot icon that automatically appears after selecting multiple students. 

3. Click "Mark Absent" 
4. Choose in the drop-down a reason for the absence. Please note these options are customized by your school.
Note: Not all schools have this feature activated. If the option is not visible to you, check with your school.

5. You can toggle to repeat this change if the student(s) will be absent for multiple days.

6. Click "Mark Absent" once again to save. 

Your school may have a requirement to verify your identity. If so, the application will ask you for additional verification (password, text message code, or biometric).

Schedule an early pickup: Detailed Text Steps

To add early dismissal pick-up/delegation change to your child(ren)’s calendar:

1. Select the child's name from your "children" tab(“My Children” section) along the bottom of the app or tap on the 3-bar icon in green next to your school’s name to mark absent multiple students.
   

2.  Choose the correct calendar date on which you want the change to begin. Then select “Early Dismissal” in the box below the calendar. If you have selected multiple students, click on the three-dot icon that automatically appears after selecting multiple students. 
   

       3. Select "Early Dismissal"

Please note that not all schools have this feature activated. If the option is not visible to you, check with your school.

   4. On the next screen:

• Make sure the desired date is selected

• Select the applicable time for pickup

• Then select who will pick up (yourself or select “Change Selection” if it is someone from your contacts)

• To confirm the change, select “Create Early Dismissal”
  (The date marked in gray on the calendar indicates that an Early Pickup change is scheduled for that day.)

Please Note:
A. The app will not allow you to set recurring early dismissal changes. You must make individual changes for each applicable day.

B. Your school may have a requirement to verify your identity. If so, the application will ask you for additional verification (password, text message code, or biometric).