Minga

Efficient campus management is vital for modern K12 schools to streamline routine operations and increase student engagement. Recognizing the importance of a digitized approach, Minga transforms school operations with innovative digital solutions, simplifying processes and enhancing efficiency.

A leading provider of campus management solutions, Minga’s core purpose is to relieve administrators of daily chores while enabling them to nurture student success by seamlessly managing all campus operations. Inefficiencies associated with traditional campus administration methods, such as paper-based hallway passes, manual attendance tracking and data review, impact the overall campus culture. Minga aims to change this narrative with its digital platform, replacing outdated methods with digital alternatives.

“At Minga, our vision is to bring a unified platform, functioning as a one-stop shop for everything operational at the school. Our solutions are centered on efficiency, security, and accountability,” says Jason Richards, founder and CEO of Minga.

Focused on enhancing safety and accountability, improving communication and driving positive student behavior, the platform is packed with powerful features like digital hall pass, which can be integrated into campus workflows to manage hallway access with a detailed account of the students, time and reason, and their location.

By digitizing the hall passes, Minga enables schools to proactively manage student activities, preventing unwanted behaviors such as violence, vandalism, and vaping. Real-time monitoring and reporting through the digital hall dashboard enable admins to gain insights into all aspects of hallway usage. This eliminates the need for paper passes, which are manually issued by teachers and provide no real data on how the hallway is being used. The module is used by students to easily request hall passes from their devices, which can be approved or managed by teachers or admins.

Minga’s hallway management system was deployed by a high school in California to manage and monitor thousands of students using the hallway. By closely collaborating with the client during the onboarding process and training their staff, the solution was swiftly incorporated into the school’s daily operations. The outcome was impressive—a 50 percent reduction in students using the hallway, which, in turn, resulted in more students attending classes.

Another user-friendly feature is digital student identity cards. Traditional plastic IDs printed and distributed by schools are often lost or forgotten by students, necessitating frequent reprints. Minga’s digital student IDs are a game changer. These IDs can be accessed from any device at any time, even off-campus, relieving students, staff, and administrators of the inconvenience of physical IDs. Plus, the tamper-proof ID cards add a layer of security with their advanced anti-counterfeit features.

At Minga, our vision is to bring a unified platform—a one-stop shop for everything operational at the school. All our solutions are centered on efficiency, security, and accountability

At Minga, it’s not just about offering a solution but also premium support to ensure a successful rollout. With a client-centric approach, the company provides clear best practices, guides, and videos on configuring and integrating the solution with day-to-day operations. Extensive one-on-one training and live instructor-led sessions are conducted along with three review sessions throughout the year to help clients with existing deployments and roll out additional modules.

Minga’s ability to embrace digitization, coupled with an innovative approach to streamlining processes, enables it to make significant strides in transforming how schools and school districts operate. By committing to improving the flexibility and transparency of campus operations, it continues to create a more immersive, interactive and automated experience for students and faculties.