School pickup, safeguarded.
No app required.
Parents tap one link from the pickup line. The teacher sees exactly who arrived, by name, before a child is released.
- Only adults your school has on file get a link
- Works on any phone, nothing to download
- No accounts for parents to manage
PickupLink is web-based school dismissal software. Parents get an emailed check-in link before dismissal and tap "I'm here" from the car line; the check-in is verified against the school's pickup geofence; teachers see who arrived, by name, on a live board and release each student with one tap. No app to install, no parent accounts, one annual price per school. Built for schools, after-school programs, child care centers and summer camps.
Schools, after-school programs, child care centers & summer camps.
Anywhere a child is handed to an adult at the end of the day, the same questions come up: is this adult allowed, are they really here, and who released the child to whom. PickupLink answers them the same way at a car line, an after-care gate, a center door and a camp pickup loop.
Schools
Car line, walk-up gate and early release. Each grade has its own dismissal time; siblings are one tap; car tags are optional.
After-school programs
Pickups trickle in until closing. Check-in stays open for the whole window and staff who never met the parents still see the adult's name.
Child care centers
One child at a time, all afternoon, to a rotating list of approved adults. Every release is logged with a name and a time.
Summer camps
New families every session and seasonal counsellors. Import each session's roster; the board speaks the camper's name at the loop.
How each kind of site sets up a pickup window without a bell
Every child goes home with the right adult.
At a busy dismissal, a teacher can't recognize every parent, grandparent, and sitter. That's how a child ends up in the wrong car. PickupLink puts the school's own records between the pickup line and the classroom door.
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Only approved adults can check in. Pickup links go to the guardians your office has on file. There's nothing to sign up for and nothing to forward.
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The teacher knows who's waiting, by name. Each check-in is tied to one guardian and shows on the live board before the student is released.
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Location-verified, every time. "I'm here" is only accepted from a phone inside the school's pickup area.
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A record of every release. Who picked up which student, and when, is logged for every dismissal and available in reports.
I'm a parent
Sign in with the email your school has on file. No password, no app. You'll also get a check-in link before each dismissal.
Parent sign inNot set up yet? Your school's office adds parents. There's nothing to sign up for.
I'm a teacher
Open your live board on any device. Arrivals stream in the moment a parent checks in; one tap marks a student picked up.
Teacher sign inYour school administrator adds you and emails an invite to set your password.
I'm a school administrator
Set up your school: grades and dismissal times, teachers, students, parents, and the pickup geofence. One dashboard, live view of today.
Only administrators create schools. Parents and teachers are added by their school. Pay by credit card or invoice · see pricing.
Approved adults only
Check-in links only reach guardians the school has on file, so an unauthorized adult can't announce they're here to pick up a child.
Email, not an app store
Parents never install anything. A check-in link arrives right before dismissal.
Location-verified arrival
Check-in only works when the phone shares a precise location inside the school's pickup area, so "I'm here" means it.
Real-time for teachers
Arrivals appear on the teacher's screen the moment a parent checks in. No refresh, no polling.
How it works
From setup to release, in four steps.
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Once, at setup
The school administrator sets up the school.
Grades with their dismissal times, teachers, students and parents, by hand or from a CSV.
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15 minutes before dismissal
Parents get an email.
It contains a check-in link for that day's pickup that works until the pickup window closes. No password, no app.
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On arrival
Parent taps "I'm here".
The browser asks for a precise location; check-in is only accepted when it's shared and inside the pickup area.
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Instantly
The teacher sees who arrived, by name.
The student's row lights up on the teacher's live board with the guardian who checked in. One tap releases the student and records who picked them up.