Built for school dismissal

Every child.
The right car.
Calm and on time.

BellFlo runs the car line and the buses for the staff outside. Scan the car tag, the board calls the names, and every car leaves in its batch, while the office sees it all live.

  • Works on phones, tablets and any browser
  • Your district's own sign-in
  • No photos or home addresses stored
Car line + buses
One system for both
iOS · Android · Web
Every screen on every device
OneRoster & Clever
Student list kept current
English & Spanish
Family messages (add-on)

Three steps at every pickup zone

The same screens on a phone in the car line, a tablet at the door and a big display for the announcer.

  1. 1

    Scan the car tag

    As each car pulls up, a staff member scans the QR car tag on the dashboard. The scanner catches the wrong pickup zone, holds and children already gone.

  2. 2

    Call the names

    Each car gets a batch and a cone. The announcer board shows the names on a big screen and reads them aloud with the device's own voice.

  3. 3

    Release the batch

    Children go to their car at its cone, the announcer releases the batch and the next one loads. Every pickup is recorded.

Everything dismissal needs, in one place

From the first car in line to the last bus out, and the record of every child who left.

Car line

Several pickup zones, lanes and cones. Late cars, children who aren't in the car and cars at the wrong zone are handled right on the scanner.

Buses

Call buses from a holding area or at the buses, or let teachers release riders from the classroom. Board by tap, student ID badge or bus tag.

Do not release — see office

Hold a child for the day. The hold shows on the scanner and the board, and the voice never calls a held child.

Way-home changes

One day, a date range or certain weekdays: by car, another bus, walking or absent. Every screen shows today's plan.

Names read aloud

The board speaks each name with the device's own voice, with a pronunciation the office can set for any child.

Live boards

Big-screen boards for the announcer and the bus holding area, updated live as cars and buses arrive.

Car tags and bus tags

Print car tags and stickers from the student list. A lost tag is reissued in a click, and the old one stops working.

Records and trends

Pickup history by child or tag number, a timing report for each day, and trends over weeks. Everything exports to CSV.

Support built in

Staff and the office ask for help from inside the app, with screenshots, and track every request.

Built for the way dismissal really works

Every school runs it a little differently, so every flow is a setting, not a rule.

Car line
Every car out in its batch, in order.
Scan or add by name
QR car tags, or add a child by name or tag number when a car has no tag.
Batches and cones
Cars are placed in batches by lane and cone, so children know exactly where to go.
Several pickup zones
Each zone has its own grades, lanes, scanners and board.
Any device can take over
If a phone dies, another phone, tablet or laptop carries on where it left off.
Buses
Every rider accounted for before a bus leaves.
Call buses your way
As each bus arrives at a holding area, or all at once at the buses.
Release from the classroom
Teachers can release bus riders from their classroom list, if the school chooses.
Board by tap, badge or tag
Wrong-bus boardings are stopped unless staff give a reason.
Printed bus lists
A paper copy of each day's lists, ready if the network is down.
Front office
The whole dismissal, live and on record.
Holds
"Do not release — see office" for any child, for the day.
Changes to the way home
Entered once; every scanner, board and bus list follows.
Pickup history
Search by child or tag number; filter by date, grade, teacher and zone.
Timing and trends
Bell to last car, bus punctuality, ridership and exceptions over time.
Families (optional add-on)
Parents know the moment their child leaves.
Picked up
A message when the child is picked up in the car line.
On the bus
When the child boards or the bus leaves, and if the bus is late.
English and Spanish
By app notification or email, in each family's language.
Change requests
If the school allows it, parents ask for a change and the office decides.

Works with the district's systems

Staff use the accounts they already have, and the student list stays current on its own.

District sign-in

Staff sign in with their district account once a day on each device, then use a 6-digit PIN for the rest of the day.

  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365 / Entra ID
  • ClassLink
  • RapidIdentity
  • Okta
  • Clever
  • Any OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 sign-in

Student information system

Students, grades and homeroom teachers stay current, checked on demand or every night. Each car tag stays with its child.

  • OneRoster 1.1 / 1.2 API: ClassLink, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Skyward, Synergy and others
  • Clever
  • OneRoster file export
  • Spreadsheet (CSV) with a preview of every change

Student privacy, built in

Schools stay in control of their information. We use it only to run dismissal for the school, and never sell it or use it for advertising.

Only what dismissal needs
Name, grade, homeroom teacher and student ID. No photos, home addresses or birth dates.
History you control
Each school keeps history for 90 days to 2 years; older records are deleted automatically.
Enrolled devices only
Staff PINs work only on devices the school enrolled. Easy PINs are refused, and 10 wrong PINs lock the device.
Camera and voice stay on the device
Car tags are read and names are spoken on the device. No camera images or audio are sent anywhere.
District sign-in
Staff and administrators use the district's own sign-in; otherwise administrators add an authenticator-app code.
Encrypted and separated
Encrypted connections and secrets; each school sees only its own information, and support access needs the school's permission.

Read the privacy policy

Frequently asked questions

Who is BellFlo for?

Schools that run a car line, buses or both at the end of the day: front-office staff, the people outside with the scanners, the announcer and teachers. Districts can see every school's dismissal times and exceptions in one place.

Do parents need an app?

No. Families keep a printed QR car tag on the dashboard. With the optional Family notifications add-on, parents can also get messages by app or email.

Do staff need the phone app?

The staff app runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, and every screen also works in a web browser on a laptop, Chromebook or tablet.

How does the student list get in?

From the district's student information system through OneRoster or Clever, from a OneRoster file, or from a spreadsheet. Each car tag stays with its child from year to year.

What if a phone dies or the network drops?

One device never blocks dismissal: any other phone, tablet or laptop can carry on. For buses, the printed bus lists are the paper fallback.

How is student information protected?

We keep only what dismissal needs, the school chooses how long history is kept, and we act as a school official under FERPA. We sign the district's data privacy agreement. See the privacy policy for the details.

Can we try it first?

Yes. We start with a short demo using your pickup zones, then a trial with staff cars and practice data, before any real student information is used.

Ready for a calmer dismissal?

See it with your own pickup zones, then try it with staff cars and practice data.

Request a demo

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