I've had an idea for quite some time that I wanted to share, but I hadn’t fully thought it through until now.

My daughter is in 3rd grade, and as a parent, what I really miss is having a way to stay connected with her during the day.
Let me try to explain briefly...

She’s at school every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and at 1 p.m. I bring her lunch—just like many other parents—because she’s quite picky, and the food there isn’t great.

However, there are a few days in the year when something comes up and I either can’t make it on time or can’t make it at all.
In those moments, it’s very important to let her know, because otherwise she’ll be waiting at the school entrance for 30 minutes and won’t have lunch.

But this is really difficult because:

My daughter is young and doesn’t have a phone—nor does she need one at school 😉
I often don’t know which teacher is with her at the time, and/or I don’t have their phone number
There’s security, and no one else can call her out
And so on...

What I wish I could do is just type a short message in an app on my phone and have it delivered to her—
like a “sticky note” in the student list that teachers can see.
They could then mark it as “read,” and I’d know everything is okay.

The lunch example is the simplest one, but there are also times when she hasn’t felt well in the morning before school, and I just want someone to check in and ask her how she’s doing.

As a parent, I would really like to have a way to reach my child if needed, because she spends 8–9 hours a day at school and I currently have no way to contact her.