Many educators know school dismissal can be chaotic for both staff and parents, so two Texas teachers have come up with a mobile solution. Jay Morales, a teacher coach in Dallas ISD, and Jesus Lopez, a bilingual coordinator in Denton ISD, have released an iOS app, iDismiss . The tool was inspired by a spreadsheet system Lopez had created to smooth school dismissals in another Texas district after a student was hit by a car, Morales says. After completing a pilot period in 201

Carroll County’s Cartmell Elementary School recently implemented a new digital dismissal system that school officials say is a quicker and safer way for staff to release students for pickup by parents and guardians. Implemented on Monday, Oct. 9 after the school’s fall break, the new system has abandoned the old system of paperwork, clipboards, radios, pens, and highlighters in favor of a new digital app called iDismiss. The application is able to track in real time which stu