DIGITAL BATHROOM PASS
Minga’s flexible bathroom pass system fits how your school works, cutting down on vaping, violence, and vandalism while protecting class time.
Trusted by 2,500+ Schools
Bathroom Pass Rules That Enforce Themselves
Every time a student asks to leave, Minga checks your policy, limits, and restrictions before the pass goes out.
Step 01 of 05
Set limits for daily passes and hallway capacity
Cap how many passes a student may have per day. Decide how many can be out at once, per class or across the whole school.
Step 02 of 05
Keep specific students apart in the halls
Detect and prevent meetups with No Party Groups that stop students who shouldn’t be out together from leaving at the same time.
Step 03 of 05
Block passes when class matters most
Turn off passes for the first and last minutes of class, testing windows, or any time you choose.
Step 04 of 05
Set time limits by pass type
Give each pass type its own time limit, and see right away when a pass runs long.
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Let Minga manage the waitlist for you
If the hallway is at capacity, or a No Party Group is active, hall pass requests wait in line in the queue. When there’s room, the pass request moves out of the queue automatically.
See it in action
Every classroom runs a little differently. Minga fits how yours works, and your restrictions apply no matter who creates the pass.
Three Ways to Create a Bathroom Pass, One Set of Rules
Student-created passes
Students request a bathroom pass from their own device. Teachers can approve requests or let them go through automatically.
Teacher-created passes
Teachers create a pass for any student in a couple of clicks, right from their class dashboard.
Kiosk mode
Turn any Chromebook, iPad, or browser into a self-serve station. Students scan their ID and go, no phone required.
The Difference
A Paper Pass Leaves It All to Teachers. Minga Handles It Automatically.
With a paper pass, every decision and every record falls on the teacher. Minga’s digital bathroom pass checks your rules, tracks the time, and logs every pass automatically.
| Paper Bathroom Pass |
Minga
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|---|---|
| ? the who, where, when, and why of every bathroom trip is a mystery | 100% of passes checked against your bathroom policy |
| Teachers decide on the spot whether a student can go | Policy checked automatically on every request |
| Nobody notices how long a student has been gone | Time out tracked automatically for every pass |
| No way to see who is in the halls right now | Every active pass visible in real time |
| Students can gather in the bathrooms undetected | The waitlist and queue are managed automatically |
| Difficult to notice bathroom pass misuse | Every pass logged with time, place, and duration |
FAQs – Bathroom Pass
A digital bathroom pass replaces the paper or laminated pass with one created on a student’s Chromebook, a teacher’s computer, or a shared classroom kiosk. It records who left, where they went, and how long they were gone. Minga’s bathroom pass also applies your school’s rules, like daily limits and No Party Groups, to every pass automatically.
In Minga, a pass can be requested by a student, created by a teacher, or started at a kiosk by scanning a student ID. Minga checks your restrictions, starts a timer for the destination, and logs the pass. When the student returns, the pass ends and stays on record.
Many schools start with two bathroom passes per student per day and adjust based on data. Minga lets you set daily limits school-wide or for individual students, and students with accommodations can have a pass type that ignores those limits.
Minga’s No Party Groups keep specific students from having active passes at the same time, so planned meetups can’t happen. Capacity limits also cap how many students can be out at once, per class or across the whole school.
Yes. Minga’s Kiosk Mode turns any Chromebook, iPad, or web browser into a self-serve station. Students scan their student ID, printed or digital, and create a pass in seconds, so no personal device is needed. Teachers can also create passes for students directly.
Each destination can have its own time limit, like five minutes for the bathroom or longer for the nurse. Minga tracks how long every student has been out, so staff can see right away when a pass runs past its limit.
Yes. Minga lets you create a custom pass type that ignores daily limits and blackout periods, and make it available only to the students who need it. Those students can start the pass themselves without waiting for a teacher.
With Minga’s hall pass queue, requests that hit a limit, like room capacity or a No Party Group, wait in line instead of being denied. Each pass goes out automatically as soon as a spot opens. The queue works for student and teacher-created passes.
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