Changelog

Changelog

New updates and improvements to Playground

New updates and improvements to Playground

Sep 8, 2025

Subsidy Flows & Staff Profiles

v585

3 Releases

7 Improvements

4 Fixes

Staff profile
Staff profile

We received tons of feedback on the new subsidy updates and have been continuing to upgrade the entire experience. This week, we released the ability to duplicate subsidy deposits and also now automatically match received amounts to expected amounts making the deposit reconciliation process even faster. In addition, we gave the staff profile a fresh coat of paint to ensure it looks consistent with the recent student and guardian profile page updates.

Releases

  • Automatically match received to expected subsidy amounts — speed run your subsidy reconciliations

  • Duplicate subsidy deposits — quicker to manage deposits from 3rd parties

  • Staff profile reskin — now looks like guardian and student profiles

Improvements

  • Improved the attachment viewer on web to be snappier and easier to control

  • Able to add meal items more easily when editing a menu

  • Added enterprise defaults for menu items

  • Added warning banner to show which site you are editing a menu for on multi-sites

  • Improved clarity when editing employee pay rates

  • Added support for weekly and biweekly rates & vouchers

  • Improved split family support for subsidy deposits

Fixes

  • Fixed added marked active/inactive in student history when a classroom is toggled between active and inactive

  • Program check-in/out now says the proper name

  • Schedules now sort properly by date

  • Forecasting now works at the enterprise level

Sep 8, 2025

Subsidy Flows & Staff Profiles

v585

3 Releases

7 Improvements

4 Fixes

Staff profile

We received tons of feedback on the new subsidy updates and have been continuing to upgrade the entire experience. This week, we released the ability to duplicate subsidy deposits and also now automatically match received amounts to expected amounts making the deposit reconciliation process even faster. In addition, we gave the staff profile a fresh coat of paint to ensure it looks consistent with the recent student and guardian profile page updates.

Releases

  • Automatically match received to expected subsidy amounts — speed run your subsidy reconciliations

  • Duplicate subsidy deposits — quicker to manage deposits from 3rd parties

  • Staff profile reskin — now looks like guardian and student profiles

Improvements

  • Improved the attachment viewer on web to be snappier and easier to control

  • Able to add meal items more easily when editing a menu

  • Added enterprise defaults for menu items

  • Added warning banner to show which site you are editing a menu for on multi-sites

  • Improved clarity when editing employee pay rates

  • Added support for weekly and biweekly rates & vouchers

  • Improved split family support for subsidy deposits

Fixes

  • Fixed added marked active/inactive in student history when a classroom is toggled between active and inactive

  • Program check-in/out now says the proper name

  • Schedules now sort properly by date

  • Forecasting now works at the enterprise level

Sep 1, 2025

Subsidy, Global Search, Guardian Portal, & Enrollment Applications

v584

4 Releases

15 Improvements

10 Fixes

Subsidy deposit
Subsidy deposit

We have been busy with almost 30 updates this week! The biggest release was our subsidy revamp, where it's now significantly easier to manage and reconcile subsidy payments by automating the amounts you expect to receive in your deposits each month. In addition, we've given a fresh coat of paint to the guardian billing portal on mobile and enrollment applications.

Releases

  • Subsidy Revamp — better subsidy management and deposit reconciliations

  • CRM Global Search — find anything within the CRM using cmd+k or search

  • Guardian Billing Portal — billing on the mobile app was simplified and more useful to parents

  • Enrollment applications got a reskin — find information and make application updates faster and easier

Improvements

  • Empty states look a lot better throughout the website

  • Enrollment discounts now show a better error message when they don’t apply

  • Improved the ability to duplicate programs between enterprise locations

  • Guardian updates now group together if done at the same time on the activity feed

  • Added refund dates and descriptions to transactions table and added more information to the payment update history

  • Editing a form now opens the first question

  • Enrollment can now show classroom availability

  • Student paperwork now shows paperwork resources

  • Improved the process of making payments with FSA cards

  • Improved loading state when making updates on predictive enrollment

  • Predictive enrollment classrooms with no capacity are pushed to the end

  • Able to mark yourself is non-discoverable on web

  • Improved the account settings page

  • Improved error messaging when sending an invite to a guardian with no phone number and no email

  • Parents now receive an in-app popup when their autopay method fails

Fixes

  • Programs no longer shows inactive classrooms when filtering to active students

  • Enrollment PDFs now show annotations only on the correct document

  • Student profile photos now show in the changes log

  • Clearing a signature on sign-in now disables the button to submit

  • Cannot delete a classroom that is being used in an enrollment listing

  • Inactive students will not be added to classroom group chats

  • Posts now sort by timestamp instead of created time

  • Changed text from biweekly to every other week

  • Fixed issue with bulk deposit modal not showing enough rows

  • No longer able to delete the last guardian/student on a lead

Sep 1, 2025

Subsidy, Global Search, Guardian Portal, & Enrollment Applications

v584

4 Releases

15 Improvements

10 Fixes

Subsidy deposit

We have been busy with almost 30 updates this week! The biggest release was our subsidy revamp, where it's now significantly easier to manage and reconcile subsidy payments by automating the amounts you expect to receive in your deposits each month. In addition, we've given a fresh coat of paint to the guardian billing portal on mobile and enrollment applications.

Releases

  • Subsidy Revamp — better subsidy management and deposit reconciliations

  • CRM Global Search — find anything within the CRM using cmd+k or search

  • Guardian Billing Portal — billing on the mobile app was simplified and more useful to parents

  • Enrollment applications got a reskin — find information and make application updates faster and easier

Improvements

  • Empty states look a lot better throughout the website

  • Enrollment discounts now show a better error message when they don’t apply

  • Improved the ability to duplicate programs between enterprise locations

  • Guardian updates now group together if done at the same time on the activity feed

  • Added refund dates and descriptions to transactions table and added more information to the payment update history

  • Editing a form now opens the first question

  • Enrollment can now show classroom availability

  • Student paperwork now shows paperwork resources

  • Improved the process of making payments with FSA cards

  • Improved loading state when making updates on predictive enrollment

  • Predictive enrollment classrooms with no capacity are pushed to the end

  • Able to mark yourself is non-discoverable on web

  • Improved the account settings page

  • Improved error messaging when sending an invite to a guardian with no phone number and no email

  • Parents now receive an in-app popup when their autopay method fails

Fixes

  • Programs no longer shows inactive classrooms when filtering to active students

  • Enrollment PDFs now show annotations only on the correct document

  • Student profile photos now show in the changes log

  • Clearing a signature on sign-in now disables the button to submit

  • Cannot delete a classroom that is being used in an enrollment listing

  • Inactive students will not be added to classroom group chats

  • Posts now sort by timestamp instead of created time

  • Changed text from biweekly to every other week

  • Fixed issue with bulk deposit modal not showing enough rows

  • No longer able to delete the last guardian/student on a lead

Aug 25, 2025

Cash Deposits, CRM Lead Views, Missed Calls, & Staff Schedules

v584

4 Releases

10 Improvements

5 Fixes

Staff schedules on mobile
Staff schedules on mobile

This week we released mobile staff schedules so staff with permission can view other staff schedules directly in their Playground app. We also improved the way leads on the CRM can be sorted and found along with a dedicated place to track all missed calls for quicker follow ups. As per usual, we also launched nearly a dozen improvements to continue making the app experience as smooth as possible.

Releases

  • Cash Deposits — track if cash payments have been deposited and when, same as checks

  • CRM Lead Views — leads now separate out leads, guardians, and students for easier sorting and searching

  • Missed Calls — track all missed calls coming to your CRM phone number

  • Staff Schedules — staff can now see other staff schedules on the mobile app (with permission), broken down by classroom and day

Improvements

  • Improved the design of scheduled posts to be more cleaner and clearer

  • Families will now be prompted to upload a photo of their child in the app

  • Improved the click state of buttons when pressed

  • Improved the way filter menus are closed when clicking off the menu or pressing esc

  • Improved visibility for families when a credit card is expired

  • Added a role option for ability to update roles

  • Improved clarity on which paperwork fields are staff only

  • Improved chat search suggestions to prioritize primary guardians over other guardian types

  • Improved paperwork tables sorting

  • Improved emailing yourself reports to include report headers

Fixes

  • Fixed a small issue with Android 15 keyboards on chat

  • Fixed issue when clicking on a chat member on mobile too quickly

  • Fixed issue with updating MFA on web

  • Fixed post acknowledgements if a staff member has been deleted

  • Fixed a small issue so deleting leads now update in the interface automatically

Aug 25, 2025

Cash Deposits, CRM Lead Views, Missed Calls, & Staff Schedules

v584

4 Releases

10 Improvements

5 Fixes

Staff schedules on mobile

This week we released mobile staff schedules so staff with permission can view other staff schedules directly in their Playground app. We also improved the way leads on the CRM can be sorted and found along with a dedicated place to track all missed calls for quicker follow ups. As per usual, we also launched nearly a dozen improvements to continue making the app experience as smooth as possible.

Releases

  • Cash Deposits — track if cash payments have been deposited and when, same as checks

  • CRM Lead Views — leads now separate out leads, guardians, and students for easier sorting and searching

  • Missed Calls — track all missed calls coming to your CRM phone number

  • Staff Schedules — staff can now see other staff schedules on the mobile app (with permission), broken down by classroom and day

Improvements

  • Improved the design of scheduled posts to be more cleaner and clearer

  • Families will now be prompted to upload a photo of their child in the app

  • Improved the click state of buttons when pressed

  • Improved the way filter menus are closed when clicking off the menu or pressing esc

  • Improved visibility for families when a credit card is expired

  • Added a role option for ability to update roles

  • Improved clarity on which paperwork fields are staff only

  • Improved chat search suggestions to prioritize primary guardians over other guardian types

  • Improved paperwork tables sorting

  • Improved emailing yourself reports to include report headers

Fixes

  • Fixed a small issue with Android 15 keyboards on chat

  • Fixed issue when clicking on a chat member on mobile too quickly

  • Fixed issue with updating MFA on web

  • Fixed post acknowledgements if a staff member has been deleted

  • Fixed a small issue so deleting leads now update in the interface automatically

Aug 18, 2025

App Redesign, Favorite Reports, & Enterprise Staff Transfers

v581

3 Releases

6 Improvements

4 Fixes

Favorite reports
Favorite reports

This week we released the ability to transfer staff, along with their information and paperwork, between locations. We've also launched favorite reports to make it easier to find and run common reports. Finally, we also released a fresh coat of paint on the mobile app for a refreshed look across the entire platform.

Releases

  • Enterprise level staff transfers — move staff between locations

  • Favorite reports — quickly find the reports you use most

  • App redesign — new mobile app look & feel!

Improvements

  • Added empty states to the media gallery

  • Added dates on student transitions

  • Clarified adding students to existing family

  • When adding or updating a card, parents are now nudged to set it as the autopay method

  • Admins can now add autopay for a parent

  • Able to filter more reports by active students only

Fixes

  • Fixed notifications on hidden posts

  • Not able to add a chat name until a message is sent

  • Plaid transactions should sync better now

  • MFA is now white label’d

Aug 18, 2025

App Redesign, Favorite Reports, & Enterprise Staff Transfers

v581

3 Releases

6 Improvements

4 Fixes

Favorite reports

This week we released the ability to transfer staff, along with their information and paperwork, between locations. We've also launched favorite reports to make it easier to find and run common reports. Finally, we also released a fresh coat of paint on the mobile app for a refreshed look across the entire platform.

Releases

  • Enterprise level staff transfers — move staff between locations

  • Favorite reports — quickly find the reports you use most

  • App redesign — new mobile app look & feel!

Improvements

  • Added empty states to the media gallery

  • Added dates on student transitions

  • Clarified adding students to existing family

  • When adding or updating a card, parents are now nudged to set it as the autopay method

  • Admins can now add autopay for a parent

  • Able to filter more reports by active students only

Fixes

  • Fixed notifications on hidden posts

  • Not able to add a chat name until a message is sent

  • Plaid transactions should sync better now

  • MFA is now white label’d

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