Meerkat provides a customizable mobile app that allows parents/faculty/students to receive real-time messages, alerts and announcements from school administrators, coaches and other teachers. Calendar integration, school contact info, text-a-tip functionality, and more are all ways in which the app can be customized for a specific school. Snow days, school lockdowns, practice cancellations, field changes, book report reminders are all now at the fingertips of the subscribers.