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   * Get real time notifications during dismissal of the process
   * Receive information alert messages from the school that may necessitate changes in dismissal plans
+===== Before Purchasing =====
+Before purchasing an All Access subscription check with your school to determine:
+==== What parent interaction features does the school support ====
+Some schools elect to disable certain forms of parent interaction in Silent Dismissal even for those parents who have purchased an All Access pass. Make certain that the features that you desire will be provided by the school before making the purchase. Silent Dismissal does not refund All Access subscriptions.
+==== Has the school purchased All Access licenses already====
+Some schools have so completely embraced the interaction of parents with the dismissal process that they have purchased All Access subscriptions for parents. If the school has purchased All Access subscriptions it will be necessary for the parent to first download and install the app then create an account. The application will urge the user to purchase an All Access pass, but don't do it. Contact the school and provide them with the e-mail address that you registered your account along with whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone. The school will be able to enable your All Access subscription but it may require signing out of the app then signing back in.
 ===== Offer to Sell vs. Compelled to Purchase =====
 If you don't care about getting any of these benefits then you don't have to make a purchase.
-When you go into a grocery store and the store has organic vegetables for sale for a higher price than for non-organic vegetables you don't question why the store is telling you to buy the higher priced organic vegetables. They are offering the option to buy them, not forcing you to buy them. For that matter, you may not even like vegetables so you don't want to buy any, but you don't ask the store to take out the produce section because you don't want to be inconvenienced by having to walk through it. It may inconvenience you but you don't expect the store to not serve other customers just because you don't want to buy produce.
+When you go into a grocery store and the store has organic vegetables for sale for a higher price than for non-organic vegetables you don't question why the store is telling you to buy the higher priced organic vegetables. They are offering the option to buy them, not forcing you to buy them. For that matter, you may not even like vegetables so you don't want to buy any of either type or variety, but you don't ask the store to take out the produce section because you don't want to be inconvenienced by having to walk through it. It may inconvenience you but you don't expect the store to not serve other customers just because you don't want to buy produce.
+If you don't want the Silent Dismissal Parent Connect app then don't install it. If you have already installed it then uninstall it.
 ===== Access Should Not Cost Anything =====
 Really? Why not? You can get television signals for free over the air with an antenna but a lot of people still pay for cable or satellite TV. If you don't pay for television you don't expect that you will get to watch ESPN™ even though when you do pay for service you will still have to watch advertisements on many of the channels.