CASE STUDY
Students were hiding in bathrooms and working around paper passes. With hall passes, tardies, and behavior in one teacher tab, discipline incidents tied to skipping class dropped by 35% in the first year.
- 35% fewer discipline incidents tied to skipping class
- 30% fewer hallway hours year over year
- 16,500+ student-created hall passes over one school year
Mt. Whitney High School
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THE CHALLENGE
Students Were Skipping, and Teachers Were Stuck With Paperwork
Mt. Whitney was dealing with constant class skipping and students hiding out in bathrooms. The old hall pass system was easy to work around, and supervisors couldn’t tell who was supposed to be where. Teachers handled passes and tardies with clunky tools that pulled them away from teaching.
Key problem areas:
- Students skipped class and hid in bathrooms
- Students worked around the old pass system, and discipline incidents rose
- Passes and tardies took up too much teacher time
- Policies weren’t enforced consistently
We had a real issue with students skipping class by hiding out in the bathrooms. We didn’t need more paperwork or complicated systems. We needed something simple that worked. Minga made it easy. It became a key part of a larger plan to cut down on class-cutting, bring visibility to student movement, and support our staff without adding more to their plates.”
THE SOLUTION
Everything Teachers Need in One Tab
To reduce students skipping class, Mt. Whitney rolled out My Class, which puts hall passes, behavior, tardies, and parent messages in one tab. Students create their own passes, a five-minute timer starts automatically, and teachers just approve.
Supervisors watch the halls in real time on school iPads. Tardy detentions are tracked automatically and sync with PowerSchool.
What Minga offered:
- Class lists in My Class, so passes take three clicks
- Student-created passes with built-in timers
- Tardy detentions tracked through the PowerSchool sync
- A real-time hallway view for supervisors
- Praise messages to students and parents
One of the biggest selling points for teachers was how much time it saved. We have it set up so students can create their own hall passes in Minga, and it starts a five-minute timer automatically. All teachers have to do is say ‘yes.’ No more writing passes or tracking scraps of paper. Before Minga, students were using anything as a pass, and it was impossible to keep track. Once we implemented Minga, everything changed. It took the stress off teachers, and they embraced it right away.”
THE OUTCOMES
Fewer Students Skipping Class and More Time to Teach
30-35% fewer discipline incidents
Incidents tied to bathroom use and skipping class dropped in the first year.
75-80% of teachers on board
Most teachers adopted My Class, including those who were hesitant at first.
30% fewer hallway hours
Students spent less time out of class, year over year.
Teachers stopped writing passes
Students created 16,500+ hall passes over one school year, so teachers didn’t have to.
Detentions without disputes
Tardy detentions sync with PowerSchool, so students show up and there’s less arguing.
More praise, more connection
5,000+ praises in three months, plus 4,400+ check ins at school spirit events.
One of my favorite things has always been calling home to say, ‘Hey, your kid did something great today. Here’s what happened.’ The parents’ reactions to those positive calls made my day every time. It’s moments like those that kept me in teaching all these years. That’s why I love the ‘Praises’ feature in Minga. With My Class, it takes just three clicks to make a student feel seen and valued. We need more of that in education.”
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