We already use pickup cards.

Cards get lost, lent and photocopied. They also cannot tell you who collected a child last Tuesday. Every scan here is logged with the guard, the collector and the time, so you can answer that in front of a parent.

Not all our parents have smartphones.

A parent without a phone registers a guardian with a photo, and your guard looks that person up by name. No app is needed for that family.

What happens when the network is down?

The staff app keeps the day's list on the phone, so scanning works with no network at all. One limit worth knowing: a fee paid this morning may not reach the gate until the next sync.

Safety and gate security

Only approved adults collect a child at this gate.

The paper card is replaced by a code on the parent's phone that only works for people the school has approved, and it keeps working when the network is down.

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A pickup code in the Chalka Parent app, expiring in four minutes, with the child's mother listed as collecting today and the term fees showing as cleared.

An approved pickup scan in the Chalka Staff app, marked offline: the child, the mother collecting and a note to match the face before releasing.

How it works

Three taps between the classroom and the car.

Step 01
The parent shows a code

It encodes exactly who is authorised to collect this child right now. It rotates, and it expires in minutes.
Step 02
The guard scans and looks up

He sees the child's photo, the collector's photo and one clear approved state. He matches the face, then releases the child.
Step 03
The parent is notified

A notification says who collected the child and when. The scan is logged with the guard, the collector and the time.

Engineered for the gate

Why it beats a paper card.

A lost card is a security hole, and a screenshot lasts forever. These codes are signed, they expire on their own, and they verify with no signal.

Always on

Works with no network

The staff app keeps the day's list on the phone. If the line goes down mid-pickup, your guard carries on scanning.

ES256

Signed, rotating codes

Every code is signed with a key that lives on the server. A forged or edited one does not verify, so there is nothing worth photocopying.

Time boxed

Codes expire on their own

A card lasts until somebody loses it. A code has an expiry built in, so the screenshot a parent forwarded this morning is already dead.

Straight answers

What proprietors ask at the gate.

We already use pickup cards.: Cards get lost, lent and photocopied. They also cannot tell you who collected a child last Tuesday. Every scan here is logged with the guard, the collector and the time, so you can answer that in front of a parent.
Not all our parents have smartphones.: A parent without a phone registers a guardian with a photo, and your guard looks that person up by name. No app is needed for that family.
What happens when the network is down?: The staff app keeps the day's list on the phone, so scanning works with no network at all. One limit worth knowing: a fee paid this morning may not reach the gate until the next sync.

And the rest of it

The gate is one hour of the day.

If you have asked the gate to check fees, it reads the balance your bursar verified in the office. One record, two places.

Fifteen minutes at your gate, no cost.

We come with two phones and show you the scan with your own children's names in it.

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Only approved adults collect a child at this gate.

Three taps between the classroom and the car.

The parent shows a code

The guard scans and looks up

The parent is notified