Early Sign-Out

About Early Sign-Out

Early Sign-Out is a kiosk-style feature for the front desk. When a parent or approved pickup person arrives to take a student home early, office staff use the kiosk on an iPad (or computer) to sign the student out with a digital signature — creating a fully audit-trailed record.

There is no parent-side request flow. Pickups happen in person at the school office.

How the kiosk flow works

Here is what happens, start to finish, when someone arrives to pick up a student early:

1. Office staff opens the Early Sign-Out tab on the kiosk iPad.
2. Search for the student's name and tap their card.
3. Tap Sign Out.
4. Choose who is picking the student up: a linked guardian or another approved pickup person on file.
5. If the person picking up is not listed, type in their name to create a confirmed entry for the record.
6. Hand the iPad to the person signing out.
7. They sign on the screen with their finger.
8. Tap Done — the student is officially checked out.

The signature, name, time, and selected reason are all stored on the student's record automatically.

Sign out a student (office staff)

1. Open the Early Sign-Out tab.
2. Search for the student by name.
3. Tap the student's card.
4. Tap Sign Out.
5. Pick the pickup person from the list — or type a name if they're not listed.
6. Hand the iPad to that person.
7. Have them sign on the screen.
8. Tap Done.

When the pickup person isn't on the approved list

If someone shows up who isn't a linked guardian or on the approved pickup list:

1. Tap Add Pickup Person (or the option to type a name).
2. Type their full name.
3. Confirm the request — this creates a documented entry on the student's record.
4. Have them sign on the iPad as normal.

View today's early sign-outs

Open the Early Sign-Out tab. Today's signed-out students appear with the time, the person who picked them up, and the captured signature.

See the full early sign-out history

To pull historical records (week, month, year), use the Reports tab → Early Sign-Out Report. You can export as PDF or CSV.

1. Tap the Reports tab.
2. Tap Early Sign-Out Report.
3. Pick the date range.
4. Tap Run Report.
5. Export as PDF or CSV if needed.