SkieCan a hostel see who is out after curfew?
With consent, yes. A geofence around the hostel raises an alert on the dashboard when a student's device leaves it, and a warden with location access can see where it is. Alerts show on the dashboard. Email and parent alerts are not available yet. Location needs clear consent and a written policy.
Curfew is a hard thing to police by hand. Skie gives the warden a way to see departures without walking every floor. You draw a geofence around the hostel, attach it to the hostel group, and an event appears in the breach centre when a device leaves.
The alert names the student and device and shows when the device was last seen. A warden who has location access can then open the map. There is a go-to directions button for finding a device, and a recent trail. Giving a warden these pages is a decision made per role, so you can restrict them to wardens and senior staff.
It helps to be clear about what this is. It tells you that a device left a zone, not what the student is doing. It depends on the student carrying the device, and a student who leaves the phone in the room is not caught. A student with two phones carries one that Skie does not manage. These limits are why the policy and the parents' understanding matter as much as the alert.
Alerts are on the dashboard only, so someone must watch them at curfew. Parent notification and email are not available yet, and the team is working on them. Skie provides the control, and the hostel provides the notice and the response.
Because location is sensitive, get written consent from parents and tell students plainly when and why it is used. This is general information and not legal advice.
A practical tip: agree who responds to a curfew alert and what they do, before you switch it on. An alert nobody acts on teaches students that the rule is not real.