NHSD is excited to launch a new tool to ease the dismissal and early dismissal process for elementary students.
School Dismissal Manager (SDM) allows parents to make changes to a student’s dismissal through a web browser or iOS or Android app, making it no longer necessary to call or send notes and emails to the school for dismissal changes. The school is alerted automatically.
The new system will be rolled out in our elementary schools in its entirety at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year.
In preparation for the roll-out, we are providing an opportunity for families to participate in a test-run of the system until the end of this school year.
During the test-run, paper notes will still be accepted, and notes received earlier this school year with directions for a student’s dismissal will continue to be honored.
On May 19, all parents will receive an email with instructions to create an account and login. Parents are encouraged to try the new system using the instructions below.
To log in and set up your account
- Login following the instructions sent via email. Emails on file with the district in PowerSchool will automatically receive the instruction email. (Be sure to check your spam and junk folders.)
- You will see that your child’s “default” dismissal has been populated. This is your child’s district-assigned dismissal plan and is either a walker or a bus rider, in which case the student’s bus number is listed. Please note: Directions for adjusting your child’s dismissal plan to be a car-rider, either for one day or everyday, and to have an early dismissal are provided below.
To create a dismissal “exception” (change from the “default” dismissal)
Early Dismissal “Exception”
Early dismissal exceptions can be made in advance or on the current day as long as it is before 11 a.m. You must call the school directly if you need an early dismissal for the current day after 11 a.m.
- To alert your child’s school of an early dismissal exception:
- Select the day on the calendar for which your child will be leaving early
- Select “Add Exception”
- Choose “Leaving Early, NOT Coming Back”
- Answer and complete remaining prompts
- Click “Submit”
Dismissal “Exception” at Regular Time (including car rider)
Dismissal changes can be made in advance or on the current day as long as it is before 2 p.m. You must call the school directly if you need to make a dismissal change for the current day after 2 p.m.
Dismissal exceptions can be made for one day or for specific days.
To create a dismissal “exception” at normal dismissal time:
- Select the day on the calendar for which your child will have a dismissal change
- Select “Add Exception”
- Choose the appropriate action
- Answer and complete remaining prompts
- Click “Submit”
Questions? Please visit SDM’s FAQs page or contact your child’s school directly.
Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, School Dismissal Manager will also be used to report absences or late arrivals. Additional details will be shared this summer.