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  1. Suspension time required

    It would be helpful if the "Total Time" field could be required when entering a suspension. Sometimes our admin forget to indicate how many hours or days a student must serve for a suspension. Thank you!

    10 votes

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  2. Would it be possible to create a field in the attendance entry by date screen to record the time and it would autofill the correct periods.

    Would it be possible to create a field in the attendance entry by date screen to enter the in/out time and it would autofill the correct periods based off the students schedule. We have 4 grade levels with different time periods. At this time, we need to go into the student record to confirm the period with the time for each student.

    3 votes

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  3. Prevent deletion of Evaluation

    From Student Services, Special Education, Student Profile, it is too easy to delete a student's Evaluation, which also deletes al IEPs, forms, placements and disabilities under that Evaluation.

    3 votes

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  4. change filter/layout

    be able to change filter/layout in all screens to benefit our usage in student management

    2 votes

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  5. customize columns as in filters for ALL screens especially office to class/activities.

    Please make all the windows adjustable to a custom view. Column width is the biggest issue. Especiall in the "office to class/activies. There are many, almost all windows are adjustable, but they do not stay that way from student to student etc. Since we all use different info and have different amount of class periods we don't have to continue to adjust and modify around columns we don't use.https://skyward.maps.k12.wi.us/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsSky/satndbrws019.w

    2 votes

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  6. default fee due dates

    When student fees are pushed out at the start of the year through the mass fee creation utility they are able to all be given a specific due date. As students are enrolled and scheduled after running the mass fee creation utility, their fees due date are the date that the course is added. Same with when a schedule is changed, the due date for the new course fees is the date the course was added. This creates an issue when parents go to view their fees and any new fees will show up as past due. It would be…

    4 votes

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  7. I would like to be able to attach a picture to a fee.

    Having the ability to add an attachment to a fee (Chromebook repair fee, book damage..).

    6 votes

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  8. Abdence Reasons in Subscibed attendance email

    In the subscribed automated email that goes out to parents from Skyward it would be very helpful to have the absence reason included in the email information.

    1 vote

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  9. We currently incentivize attendance from previous years in our waiver process for finals. Is there a way to set up what a student and parent

    We currently incentivize attendance from previous years in our waiver process for finals. Is there a way to set up what a student and parent sees in Student and Family Access which would include their entire history of attendance for all years they are in high school. Currently it only displays the attendance records for the current year. We would like a senior to be able to see their attendance records from their freshman, sophomore, junior as well as current senior year.

    1 vote

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  10. Idea: Add the local student ID to the At Risk Entry By Student screen so when we pull the spreadsheet we have it there.

    Add local ID to At-Risk Entry by student screen, and have a mass add and mass end for At-Risk criteria by processing list.

    1 vote

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  11. enrollment report today

    We would like to add today as a range option for the Enrollment Report under Student/Office/Attendance/Reports in order to run it as a scheduled tasks. I run this report everyday and I have to change the date range.

    3 votes

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  12. Automate the Immigrant Status Data Submission to WISE

    the data should automatically report to DPI/WISE if a student meets the 3 criteria of having an immigrant status. The criteria are: 1) age 3-21 as of the third Friday pupil count - we have DOB and know when the pupil count is each year so this can be automatically calculated 2) not born in the US - if another country is listed on the Birth History tab this can be automatically calculated and 3) in a US school for less than 3 full academic years - does not need to be consecutive years can be automatically calculated if the…

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  13. Staff Crosswalk Between HR & Student Management

    For those of us who have combined databases, it would be really helpful if the staff information for their State/WISEid and DPI Educator File Number (Entity ID) would automatically crosswalk/populate from their HR information when we add the person to the staff list in Student Management. A lot of other useful information copies over from HR when we add the person as staff on the SM side. This would save a lot of time & double entry since we have to have this information on their SM record for state reporting (course associations)

    2 votes

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  14. When marking time slots attended, it would be nice to have a symbol or something to make it easier from the calendar view.

    When you look at the appointment slots on the calendar view, it would be helpful if there was a symbol or something that would show up after the slot was marked as attended /no show.
    It is tricky to keep track of the ones that have been marked as you have to click into the slot to open up the dialogue box.

    2 votes

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  15. Add Default Entity Column in Staff

    Please add the Entity ID column to the General Staff view... if I switch to the Entity view I don't get their title, email, name ID, DPI Ed #, etc... if I switch to the General view I don't get their Entity. Just need that one field on the General view. Thank you!!!

    3 votes

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  16. teacher license number and student state ID on same report

    We would like to be able to have a report with students' state ID number and teacher license number. This is required for our screener which is required by the state.

    3 votes

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  17. n the diabetes care log, it is required to enter a blood glucose number. We have situations in which the glucometer reads "high". This ind

    In the diabetes care log, it is required to enter a blood glucose number. We have situations in which the glucometer reads "high". This indicates the blood glucose is too high to be read by the meter. Can you add a box that says "glucometer reading high"? We are unable to record a value when it reads high, but we need to document the meter reading.

    2 votes

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  18. Mobile ID Card - Make available to parents in Skyward Family Access mobile app

    PLEASE make the Mobile ID Card for students available so that it can be enabled on the Family Access side for the Parent App! We need this for the ability to scan when parents come to pick up their students early or in the event of a reunification event as well as many other uses. Thank you!

    3 votes

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  19. Attendance Codes linked to Discipline

    After office staff enters specific attendance codes, it would be nice if a discipline entry would pop up. For example, when a Tardy code is entered, a discipline entry would pop up so that the office staff can immediately enter the discipline for the tardy. (Same goes for Unexcused absences).

    9 votes

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  20. Food Service

    Food Service to help meet the new Verification Summary Report with ISBE 2023.
    They are now asking for students that have extension of benefits. If we could have in WS\FS\PM\PA customer control records at field that allows us to mark as extended benefits.
    They are also not wanting the REDUCED MEDICAID directly certified students to pull into the verification. They do however want to know the number of students individually receiving the benefit.

    2 votes

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