Department of Early Learning compliant

Dismissal chaos, solved.

PandaCheckout replaces paper sign-out sheets with secure, parent-friendly digital check-in and check-out — every pickup signed, timestamped, and stored. Free for your first 5 students. No credit card required.

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Built for schools and programs like yours

Elementary schools Daycares & preschools Montessori programs Faith-based schools After-school & EDP programs

The 3 o’clock problem

Every afternoon, the front desk turns into a bottleneck of clipboards, illegible signatures, and interruptions — right when safety matters most.

Paper sign-out sheets

Illegible names, missing times, and binders that vanish the moment an auditor asks for them.

End-of-day bottlenecks

A crowded front desk, long lines of waiting parents, and staff pulled away from supervising students.

Compliance risk

A missing signature or timestamp isn’t just sloppy — it’s exposure at your next licensing visit.

Everything dismissal needs, nothing it doesn’t

Purpose-built for front offices, after-school programs, and the parents in between.

Parent-friendly mobile check-out

Parents check students in and out from any phone with name autocomplete — no app to install, no training needed.

Digital signatures & audit trail

Every checkout is signed, timestamped, and stored — a complete, exportable record for licensing and audits.

iPad kiosk mode

Turn any iPad into a front-desk kiosk for fast, staff-assisted check-in and check-out at pickup time.

Quick Check-In / Check-Out

Dynamic in/out routing with a configurable time window — perfect for clubs, EDP, and drop-in care.

Emergency attendance & drills

Run real-time headcounts during drills and emergencies, and know instantly who is accounted for.

Daily logs, reports & CSV export

Per-school timezones, daily logs, and one-click CSV exports keep your records audit-ready at all times.

Up and running before the final bell

Four steps between you and a calmer dismissal.

Add your students

Enter students manually in minutes — or sync them automatically from Veracross if your school uses it.

Check in & out

Staff work from an iPad kiosk while parents check out on their phones with a quick digital signature.

See it in real time

A live dashboard shows who is on campus, who has left, and who is still waiting — at a glance.

Stay compliant

Every checkout is logged with a signature and timestamp, ready for audits and licensing visits.

Optional integration

Works with Veracross — or fully on its own

PandaCheckout is complete out of the box: manual student entry is the default and takes minutes. If your school runs Veracross, an optional sync keeps students, parents, and club/EDP rosters up to date automatically — with one unified staff check-in button (Club › EDP › Drop-in).

  • No Veracross? No problem — manual entry is first-class.
  • Automatic student, parent, and program sync when connected.
  • Club and EDP rosters flow straight into dismissal.
Optional add-on

Guest & visitor manager

Know every adult in your building. Visitors check in at an iPad kiosk, recurring guests get saved profiles for one-tap arrivals, and checkout is as fast as scanning a QR code.

  • QR checkout
  • Recurring visitor profiles
  • iPad visitor kiosk

Simple, honest pricing

Start free. Pay only for the students you actually manage.

Free to start
$0 for your first
5 students

Then $2.00 per student / month — prorated automatically when you add or remove seats mid-cycle. No credit card to start.

  • Parent mobile check-in/check-out with signatures
  • iPad kiosk mode & Quick Check-In/Out
  • Emergency attendance & drills
  • Daily logs, reports & CSV export
  • Unlimited staff users & per-school timezone
  • Self-serve billing portal, cancel anytime
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Larger school or district? Custom per-student rates are available.

What schools say

From the front office to the IT closet.

“Dismissal used to be twenty minutes of controlled chaos at the front desk. Now parents sign on their phones and the line just… moves.”
Jennifer L. Principal, K–5 elementary
“Our licensing visit was the easiest one in years. Every checkout had a signature and a timestamp — the auditor asked what we use.”
Ashley M. Office Administrator, preschool
“We synced from Veracross in an afternoon, but what sold me was that we didn’t have to. Manual entry just worked from day one.”
Marcus T. IT Director, independent school

Testimonials are illustrative examples of typical customer feedback.

Frequently asked questions

Everything schools ask before the first bell.

Yes. Your first 5 students are free forever, and no credit card is required to sign up. You only set up billing when you’re ready to add a 6th student.

Yes. PandaCheckout works on its own with manual student entry, and if your school uses Veracross you can optionally turn on a sync that pulls students, parents, and club/EDP rosters across automatically. Veracross is supported but never required — you can start without it and switch it on later.

Billing is $2.00 per student per month, processed through our PCI-compliant payment processor. Seats are prorated automatically when you add or remove students mid-cycle, and you manage everything yourself through a self-serve billing portal.

Yes. Every checkout is captured with a digital signature and timestamp, all traffic runs over HTTPS, and each school’s data is fully isolated. The audit trail is designed to satisfy Department of Early Learning requirements.

Yes. PandaCheckout includes a dedicated iPad kiosk mode for the front desk alongside staff tools, so check-ins keep moving even during the busiest dismissal.

An optional guest/visitor manager is available as a paid add-on: an iPad visitor kiosk, recurring visitor profiles, and QR-code checkout for guests.

Yes. There are no contracts — you can downgrade or cancel anytime from the self-serve billing portal, no phone call required.

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