School Dismissal Manager

School Dismissal Manager

About this app

Parents, if your school uses School Dismissal Manager (SDM), this app lets you schedule your child's school dismissal instructions for any day within the next two weeks. Your child's typical everyday instruction is already set, so only exceptions need to be entered.

Pick from your school's dismissal options and add a note if needed. Notify your school of your wishes in just a few seconds.

Get a reminder on days your child has a dismissal exception.

Your school will supply you with new login credentials at the start of the school year. Login, set your own password, then SDM is always only a click away.

If your school uses SDM's FastLane for car line management, you can check in from the car line driveway. Your check in calls your children from their classrooms and lets the car line admin know you have arrived. This makes your school's car line faster, easier, and safer for your children.

This app only works for parents in schools that use School Dismissal Manager (SDM) to streamline their dismissal process. For more information: https://www.schooldismissalmanager.com.

Ratings and reviews

It's not well designed for a smartphone. When I look at my calendar to check the dates/activities for exceptions, the app frequently has an error and kicks me out. Most of the homepage *should* be taken up by a calendar so it's easy to see when you have exceptions and add future ones. Instead it shows 2 weeks at a time, and if it's Saturday half is wasted on the previous week. There is no way to input recurring events for multiple days, so each must be painstakingly input separately.

App layout is confusing and you can't hit the back button or minimize the app without it logging you out, incredibly annoying.

I am always having trouble with the app. Most recently, I can not put any exceptions for my children and have to call in their late/absent/early days. Now, it gives me a giant "ERROR" message and logs me out every time I try to sign in. Not reliable and it's something really stressful because it's my children that it affects.

What’s new

Added greater control for schools to limit the menu items based on available dismissal types.
Added performance upgrades.