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Nov 27 2018
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Figure8 Keeps Busy Parents Organized and On Schedule
Jan 02 2019
As a busy parent, trying to manage your schedule and your kids’ rides can be overwhelming. Multiple planners, calendars, and phone reminders can be a bit messy and cause you to lose track of your daily tasks. The Figure8 app is here to help busy parents’ lives less stressful by letting you manage all of […]
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December Carpooler of the Month: Ayelet
Dec 26 2018
Our Figure8 December carpooler of the month is Ayelet, who recently opened a hip Babka bakery in Palo Alto, California. Here’s what she has to say about using the app: “I basically live at the bakery these days, trying to meet customer demand,” Ayelet said. “My friend and I set up a Figure8 carpool five days a week to get […]
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How to Export Your Activities to Google Calendar With Figure8
Dec 18 2018
Planning your Figure8 carpools just got an upgrade! Now you can export individual Activities or your entire Rides Calendar to your Google Calendar with just a few taps! Be sure to update your Figure8 app to use this new feature. Don’t have the Figure8 app? Download it here! Here is a quick five-step guide on how […]
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10 Safety Tips for Winter Driving
Dec 09 2018
Winter is here and it’s time to be prepared for the snowy conditions, that is if you’re from a location that gets heavy snowfall. It may look like a beautiful winter wonderland, but it’s not always something to look forward to when you need to get the kids to school. Snowfall adds even more time […]
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How Carpooling With Figure8 Helps You Save Money
Dec 02 2018
In a world where everything is so expensive, we are always looking for ways to save money, even if it means collecting pennies in a piggy bank. A great way to save money is carpooling. Carpooling can generate both short-term and long-term savings. The process of managing carpools can be confusing, and coordinating carpools with […]
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How you can notify the school if your child is late or absent with Figure8
Nov 21 2018
One of Figure8‘s newest features is notifying the school when your child is late or absent. Here is a quick five step guide on how to notify the school that your child is late or going to be absent. Step 1: Go to your rides calendar Step 2: Locate the relevant day in your […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Erica
Nov 18 2018
Our Figure8 carpooler of the month for this November is Erica from New Jersey! Erica uses Figure8 to arrange her daughter’s carpools to and from school. She has downloaded many carpool apps to coordinate her rides in the past, and she believes the Figure8 app is by far the best. “It isn’t glitchy, the UI […]
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Carpooler of the Month: Naomi
Nov 05 2018
Our Figure8 carpooler of the month for this October is Naomi from California! Naomi uses Figure8 to coordinate her carpools to school and other extracurricular activities with her friends. Sometimes she’s the one carpooling, and other times she’s the one getting carpooled! Here’s what she has to say about using the app: “Figure8 saves me […]
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7 Signs That You Should Be Carpooling Your Kids
Oct 10 2018
Do your neighbor’s kids attend the same karate class as your daughter? Do you spend more than 90 minutes in the car each day schlepping your kids from place to place? It’s about time that you make life easier for yourself. Here are 7 ways to know whether you should be carpooling your kids, according […]
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Five Ways to Prevent Overscheduling Your Child
Oct 08 2018
Is it just us, or do our children’s schedules seem to get busier and busier with each passing year? According to Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld, a child psychiatrist and author of The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap, overbooking our children with too many extracurricular activities is a nationwide problem. Children are under increasing pressure to […]
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How to cut your school’s dismissal time in half with Figure8
Oct 07 2018
Aviv Matzkin, a teacher at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in California, is intimately familiar with the daily time-drain that comprises student dismissals at most schools. “A parent arrives ready to pick up six children to transport to dance practice. I reach for the dismissal card on the dashboard of the van, bring a walkie-talkie […]
