School Dismissal Management Pricing: Clear Costs, Free Optional Carpooling, Full Transparency

Our fixed pricing gives you dismissal management as a complete solution. Carpooling features are optional and can be turned on or off anytime.

For parent groups and PTAs, our carpool-only plan provides tools to organize independently, without school involvement.

We believe pricing should never get in the way of doing what’s right.

Pricing Plans for Every Need

For Schools & Districts

Dismissal — $1,000/year

Streamline dismissal management and reduce car line congestion with real-time visibility and security.

Includes:

• Live dismissal roster
• Real-time driver location tracking
• Driver arrival notifications
• Student pickup verification
• Dismissal reporting & audits
• Unlimited parent users
• School setup and onboarding

Dismissal + Carpool — $1,000/year

Everything in Dismissal, plus optional tools that help parents organize their own carpools.

Includes:

• Everything in Dismissal, plus:
• Carpool request matching
• Secure in-app messaging (direct, private, public & activity groups)
• Real-time pickup tracking and notifications
• Schedule coordination tools
• Parent adoption & engagement analytics
• Community impact tracking

Best for: Schools wanting to enable optional parent-led carpooling. No extra charge to enable this feature.

For Parent Groups & PTAs

Carpool — $1/user/month (capped at $50/month)

Organize carpools with other parents in your school community.

Includes:

• Find nearby carpool families
• Create and manage carpool arrangements
• Secure in-app messaging
• Real-time carpool tracking
• Schedule coordination tools
• Community impact tracking

Best for: PTAs and parent groups ready to facilitate parent led carpools. PTA pays $1 per registered parent user each month. Once you reach 50 active parents, the price caps at $50/month.

Our Pricing Philosophy

1. A Model Built on Trust & Privacy

We have a simple, transparent promise: we charge subscription fees because we will never sell your family’s data or run third-party advertisements.

This model keeps our focus where it belongs — building the most private, reliable dismissal and carpooling system for your community. It’s how we help you build a network of parents you can trust.

2. A Platform Custom-Built for School Transportation

Carpool.School is purpose-built for school transportation — not a generic ride-sharing app. Every feature we’ve built solves a real problem school administrators and families face daily.

Whether you’re managing dismissals or enabling carpooling, you’re using a platform designed specifically for your needs, with your privacy and your community’s safety at the center.

Your subscription directly supports ongoing improvements, operations, and innovation.

3. Predictable Pricing for Schools, Flexible for Parent Groups

Schools get fixed annual costs: Whether you choose Dismissal or Dismissal + Carpool, you pay one predictable price with unlimited parent users — no surprises.

Parent groups pay per participant: You only pay for real participation — not potential signups. Costs scale with actual engagement. Pay only for the months you use it.

4. Why Carpooling is Free with Dismissal

Carpooling only works at critical mass. We’re intentionally including carpooling features at no extra cost because we want to see it work — at scale, across many schools, using technology to make it seamless.

By including it free in the Dismissal + Carpool plan, we’re betting on the hypothesis that critical mass unlocks adoption.

Schools choosing to enable carpooling get it at no extra charge. Parents choosing to use it pay nothing. We’re learning together whether technology can actually solve the carpooling problem at scale.

5. Carpool-Only Plan: Affordable at Any Scale — $50/month Cap

We don’t want lack of funds to prevent PTAs and parent groups from organizing carpooling. That’s why we charge per active participant on a monthly basis — $1/user per month, capped at $50/month.

You only pay for real participation. No annual commitment. No surprises. Pay only for the months you actually use it.

The monthly cap recognizes that the largest, most active communities have the greatest impact. We want to support you at scale.

Our self-service billing, powered by Stripe, lets you start, pause, or end your subscription anytime. Many PTAs run seasonally as families rotate in and out of the school.

Conclusion

Carpool.School provides dismissal management as your core solution, with optional carpooling as a bonus. Whether you’re a school choosing Dismissal or Dismissal + Carpool, or a PTA organizing carpools independently, you’re investing in technology that turns chaotic pickups into calm, coordinated, and safe transportation.

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