Software Enhances Safety and Supports Schools’ Duty of Care by Streamlining the Dismissal Process for Staff and Parents

HOUSTON: Raptor Technologies, the trusted leader in school safety and student wellbeing solutions, today announced the launch of Raptor® DismissalSafe™, a new software program designed to help schools manage the end-of-day dismissal process with ease and security. This solution helps ensure a safer student experience while simplifying operations for staff and parents. DismissalSafe is another key safety product in Raptor’s integrated School Safety Suite.

Addressing Critical Safety Risks During Dismissal
Parking lots and school drop-off zones remain high-risk areas within school campuses. According to the National Safety Council, more than 50,000 parking lot crashes occur annually, leading to tens of thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths. DismissalSafe helps to reduce these risks by bringing more structure and accountability to the school dismissal process.

“School dismissals are one of the most chaotic and high-risk periods of the school day,” said Gray Hall, CEO of Raptor Technologies. “Raptor DismissalSafe equips schools to improve management and oversight of carline, bus boarding and after-school activities, making it safer for students and less stressful for staff and parents. This innovation underscores our mission to protect every child, every school, every day.”

Making Dismissals Safer and Easier
Raptor DismissalSafe helps ensure students' safe and organized movement during dismissal. Key features include:

• Real-Time Monitoring: Staff and parents can monitor dismissal progress as it happens.
• Customizable Workflows: Schools can set up and adjust carline, bus and aftercare schedules to suit their unique needs.
• Parent Connection via the Raptor Safe App: Parents can manage pickup schedules, approve authorized drivers and receive notifications in real-time.
• Classroom Integration: Teachers can monitor dismissal dashboards, giving them visibility of dismissal activities.
• Audit Trails for Accountability: Tracks all dismissal activities to demonstrate compliance with duty of care policies.

A Unified Approach to Dismissals
Raptor DismissalSafe further streamlines the dismissal process through two complementary, fully integrated apps purpose-built for stakeholders in the dismissal process.

• The Raptor Safe app lets parents manage dismissal schedules, receive notifications and ensure smoother routines for their children.
• The Raptor Staff app provides staff with tools for mobile scanning of QR codes and student IDs, tracking carlines and bus manifests and logging all activities for real-time updates and accountability.

"Raptor DismissalSafe empowers schools to safeguard their students while improving efficiency for staff and parents," said Chris Noell, Chief Product Officer at Raptor Technologies. "By streamlining carline automation, bus management and activity management and by digitally connecting parents and staff, schools can improve safety and operational efficiency.”

Marketing and Support for School Success
To support the effective use of Raptor DismissalSafe, Raptor Technologies provides schools with a comprehensive marketing kit to encourage parent involvement, including a website with how-to guides and videos, customizable posters, social media templates, a website badge, parent email templates and more.

Raptor Technologies continues to drive innovation in school safety with the launch of DismissalSafe, building on the excitement of last month’s debut of Raptor Badge Alert.

About Raptor Technologies
Raptor was founded in 2002 with the mission to protect every child, every school, every day. Today, Raptor is a school safety partner for 60,000 schools in 55 countries, providing SaaS and mobile technology as well as comprehensive training and consultation solutions across the entire school safety lifecycle, ranging from crisis prevention and preparation to emergency response and recovery. Raptor’s globally integrated product portfolio supports a school’s foundation of safety and wellbeing, including Emergency Management, Campus Movement, Student Wellbeing and Safety Training and Compliance.

Fonte: Business Wire