SkieWhat happens to the device when a student leaves the school?
The device is collected and either reassigned to another student, which clears the departing student's linked data, or taken out of management with Remove Skie. The device's history stays in the record. Doing one of these also stops the device holding a seat that someone else needs.
When a student leaves, two things need handling: the person's data, and the device. Skie treats them separately.
The data first. Reassigning the device clears what is linked to the student, so the student's information does not follow the tablet to the next child. The device history stays, since it is a record about the device and the school's asset register, and not about the student's private life. If your organisation must delete a leaver's data under its own policy, do it as part of the exit checklist and keep a note. Self-service data deletion is not available yet, and the team is working on it.
Now the device. If the school owns it, collect it, then either reassign it to a new student, which keeps Skie in place and avoids a reset, or retire it. If the tablet was bought by the family and is going home with the student, use Remove Skie first, so every protection is turned off, apps show again and the DNS is restored, and then reset it.
Do not just leave the tablet enrolled. It would keep its seat and keep enforcing the school's rules on a child who has gone.
Practical tip: put device return and Remove Skie on the same exit form as the library book check. See reassigning, Remove Skie and children's data on school devices.
- Collect the device on exit
- Reassign to keep it managed
- Remove Skie if it leaves the school
- Reassign clears student-linked data