i.
Live in production
Per-child overview
One screen per child showing current grade in every course, recent attendance, upcoming due dates, and any flags worth your attention.
Chapter I
What ships now.
Every item below is live in production. We pilot at El Camino Real Charter — you can demo the running system before signing anything.
ii.
Live in production
Grade-threshold alerts
Set a threshold per child (say, 75%). The moment any class drops below it, you get a message. Tunable per child, per class.
iii.
Live in production
Direct teacher messaging
Message any teacher of any of your children. They message back through the same channel. No more guessing email addresses.
iv.
Live in production
FERPA records portal
Self-service view of every record we hold on your child: courses, grades, attendance, accommodations, discipline, nurse visits, emergency contacts. Updated in real time.
v.
Live in production
Records download (JSON)
Download your child's full record at any time. Same data your school has. Use it for transferring schools, IEP meetings, or your own records.
vi.
Live in production
Disclosure log (FERPA §99.32)
Every staff member who has accessed your child's records — when, what they viewed, from which IP. Your right under FERPA, made one click.
vii.
Live in production
AI usage transparency
Every AI feature that processed data about your child is logged with what it did and when. Ask 'what has the AI seen about my child?' and get an answer.
viii.
Live in production
Notification preferences
Pick the channel (email / SMS — SMS roadmap) and the topics (grades, attendance, discipline). Quiet hours respected.
ix.
Live in production
Multi-child family view
If you have more than one child enrolled, all visible from one parent account. No more managing five logins.
x.
Live in production
Excuse absence with one click
Mark an absence as excused with a reason. Your child's attendance record updates immediately; the teacher and counselor see the note.
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Chapter II
What we have not built yet.
We name what we have not built so you can plan against reality. If one of these is critical for your school, tell us — we prioritise by pilot-school request.
i.
On roadmap
AI weekly summary
Optional opt-in: a brief, factual summary of the week for each of your children, hand-checked by your school before being sent.
ii.
On roadmap
Conference scheduler
Book parent-teacher conference slots from the parent overview. Two-way confirmation. Reminders sent automatically.
iii.
On roadmap
Multi-language UI
Native UI in Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Tagalog, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian. Translation of teacher messages on demand.
iv.
On roadmap
Cafeteria + fees
Add lunch funds, pay yearbook fees, see your child's lunch account balance. Built-in, not a separate vendor.
v.
On roadmap
Pickup + ride scheduler
Schedule who's picking up your child today. School staff see at-a-glance authorized pickup list.
vi.
On roadmap
Wellness opt-in
If your school enables student wellness check-ins, opt your child in or out. View aggregated trends with consent.
vii.
On roadmap
Mobile push notifications
Native iOS and Android apps with push for assignments, grades, attendance, and direct messages.
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Chapter III
Your child's privacy is the architecture, not an add-on.
The architecture decisions that protect this role specifically, not the generic security copy.
The other parent — the co-parent who shouldn't have access according to a custody order — cannot see your child's record through your account, because the parent-child link is a database row your school admin maintains, not derived from your name or shared email.
When you ask "who has accessed my child's records," we can show you specifically — staff name, role, date, IP address, what they viewed. That same query shows denied attempts: if a counselor outside your child's caseload tried to view their file, that's in the log too.
When your child turns 18, FERPA rights transfer to them. Our access model respects that automatically — they get the same self-service portal you have today, you no longer do unless they re-grant access.
We never sell your child's data. We never use it for advertising. We hold the Student Privacy Pledge.
- Full architecture in /nova/why — the threat model, the commitments, the gaps named plainly.
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Bring Nova to your school.
Nova is sold to schools, not directly to parents. If you'd like your child's school to have real parent transparency, please email us — we'd love an introduction to your principal or PTA chair.