Why the calendar is upstream
Holiday and working-day changes should flow into attendance rather than requiring each team to maintain a private date list.
Workflow journey
Calendar to attendance
Use one academic calendar to decide when school is open, mark attendance accurately, and show families a consistent history. See the workflow, ownership, rollout sequence, and boundaries before choosing a school management platform.
At a glance
A useful page should answer the next operational question
Use one academic calendar to decide when school is open, mark attendance accurately, and show families a consistent history.
Who this is for
- Academic coordinators
- Class teachers
- Parents
Start with the evidence
Use the linked product and documentation pages to validate the workflow against your school’s data, roles, policies, and deployment.
Read the supporting materialHow it works
Follow the handoffs, not just the feature list
A clear sequence makes ownership, exceptions, and the next system action visible.
- 01
Set dates
Configure the academic year, terms, holidays, events, and working days.
- 02
Assign classes
Connect students, sections, and homeroom ownership to the active year.
- 03
Mark
Teachers record daily homeroom attendance only in the configured school-day context.
- 04
Review
Coordinators inspect patterns while students and parents see the published history.
Product truth
What to verify before rollout
Good school software copy should answer who owns the work, what the handoff produces, and which parts still depend on deployment decisions.
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Capability status
This page describes the supported workflow boundary. Confirm configuration, integrations, data, and policy requirements in a representative pilot before committing to production.
Teams in the workflow
- Academic coordinators
- Class teachers
- Parents
Deep dive
Decisions, handoffs, and boundaries
Use these details to turn a product page into an implementation conversation.
Practical rollout
Validate one class, one holiday, and one reporting period before importing the full year.
Evidence layer
Read the supporting product and implementation material before making a capability claim.
Questions, answered
Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.
Can attendance be imported?+
Yes. The product includes a bulk CSV path for schools moving from legacy registers.
Is period attendance the same as homeroom attendance?+
No. Confirm the school’s supported attendance scope during rollout; the dependable baseline is daily homeroom attendance.
Continue exploring
Related planning and product pages
Follow the next link based on the question your team needs to answer.
Turn the page into a rollout conversation
We can walk through the workflow with your school’s roles, calendar, data, and first-term priorities.
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