Case study · 2026

From 5 tools to one.
From paperwork to presence.

Big Mama's Child Development Center went paperless in 60 days. Their director runs the whole center from one app now — and got her evenings back.

Director: Bridget Hall · Washington, DC · Live since May 2026

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I stopped opening four different apps to run my day. Rooted OS is the only one I have on my home screen now — and the parents love that I respond faster.
Bridget Hall · Director · Big Mama's CDC

The before.

Bridget had been running Big Mama's CDC the way most Black-led daycare directors run their centers — with sheer force of will, a clipboard, three sticky notes per child, and four different apps that didn't talk to each other.

One app for CACFP meal logging. One for attendance. One for staff scheduling. A Google Doc for the parent handbook. A text thread for emergencies. Notebooks for inspector visits.

She'd told a friend, plainly: "My office is a paper graveyard. I can't keep up with what I built."

The partnership.

Olive Root Tech doesn't sell software the way most ed-tech companies do — we don't drop a tool and walk away. Bridget became our first Rooted OS partner on May 29, 2026. We deployed her instance in 8 minutes, then sat with her for three hours that week, watching her actually run the center, learning what was missing.

The platform built itself around her workflow. Not the other way around.

The result.

Inside 60 days, Bridget had decommissioned three apps. Her CACFP claims were filed on time without panic. Her staff certifications were tracked automatically. The parent handbook lived in one place — and every parent had read it by week two because the app sent reminders Bridget never had to write.

She got her evenings back.

By the numbers

What real looks like.

3
Apps decommissioned
~8 hrs
Saved per week on admin
19
Active modules in use
100%
CACFP claims on time
Before / After

A director's day.

Before

  • Switching between 5 apps to run a single morning
  • Paper sign-in sheets transcribed by hand each night
  • CACFP meal logs reconstructed from memory at month-end
  • Parent emails written from scratch, every single time
  • Staff certifications tracked in a manila folder
  • Inspector visits = three days of panic + a sleepless night

After Rooted OS

  • One app on the home screen · everything inside it
  • Sign-in is digital · parents tap their photo on the iPad
  • CACFP logs auto-build through the day · file in 90 seconds
  • Smart Drafter writes parent messages in her voice
  • Compliance Hub flags expiring certs 30 days out
  • Inspector packet PDF generated in one tap · zero panic
The kit

19 modules. One platform.

Bridget didn't have to pick. The Rooted Care template turned them all on day one. She uses the ones that fit her week. The rest stay ready.

Attendance CACFP meal logging Behavior tracking IEP goals Parent messaging Smart Drafter (AI) Compliance Hub Document center Training matrix Parent resources Roll Call SMS Staff scheduling Digital giving Inspector packet PDF Emergency drills License tracker Waitlist Website requests Cockpit (operator)
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