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Student Management Suite

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  1. Add an attachment file to the LEP/Bil/ESL Special Programs Tab.

    Adding an attachment file to the LEP/Bil/ESL Special Programs Tab would allow us to add LPAC documentation and other info so teachers could pull up information without having to request it from the office or ESL Coordinator. It would save time and effort in our classrooms which in turn would benefit students.

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    1 comment  ·  Student  ·  Admin →
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  2. NSE - Use Calendar to Validate Dates

    We would like for the calendar to be used to validate "expected enrollment date". For example, if we only have NSE turned on for Current Year, we would like for users to not be able to enter an expected enrollment date beyond the last day of school. Additionally, if we have Next Year turned on, we would like for users to not be able to enter an expected enrollment date prior to the first day of school for the next school year.

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  3. My campuses use the Attendance Worksheet for subs to use to send in their absentees daily. The Attendance Worksheets and cutting off the na

    My campuses use the Attendance Worksheet for subs to use to send in their absentees daily. The Attendance Worksheets and cuts off the names. For those students that have two last names, it doesn't even print the first name. It is my understanding that TX SR allows for 70 characters per name (first, middle and last). That needs to be longer to allow the first name to print.

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    2 comments  ·  Attendance  ·  Admin →
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  4. Auto email progress reports

    Schools would like a way to automatically email progress reports based on select criteria such as grades, citizenship, gpa. eg. Schedule and send progress reports to all students who are receiving at least one 'F' grade in the current gradebook.

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  5. Changes to the Endorsement Area

    I have noticed when I go in to delete or add an endorsement (make any type of change) it wipes out the parent and student signature name and dates. Is there any way possible that endorsements can be added or deleted but the other information does not delete and can stay there unless we choose to change it? Some students have several endorsements on their 4 year plans and then maybe choose not to complete one of them. It would be easier to just delete that one or add one when we see they will have an extra endorsement without…

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  6. Hide "Absent" column in Family/Student Access

    Our middle school mentioned that atudents are sometimes confused by the "Absent" column in the student gradebook display (picture below) within the "Gradebook" screen of Student Access. This screen appears when the student clicks on a class grade. When the "Absent" column shows a student as "Excused" some students interpret this to mean the assignment is also excused. Teachers are marking it as missing however the display seems to be causing an issue. It would be nice to be able to hide this column from displaying. Provide in the Student Access Entity Configuration screen the ability to suppress the "Absent"…

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  7. Additional options when setting up conferences

    Due to the amount of students some teachers see during a day when a teacher sets up their time slots they would like to have a why to notify the guardians that they are requesting a conference for selected students.
    A setup similar to the check of selected list of students to be notified via message center.

    Teachers would be able to notify selected students to schedule conferences.

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  8. Move the Population Served to the Class Meet

    I would like to request moving the population served from the class section to the class meet. When reporting Fall PEIMS districts have to go into the "Maintain" area and edit those fields for SPED teachers to match their budget code. If that field was on the meet we would not need to spend so much time in maintaining and editing.
    This would be a benefit to all Texas users and would make Submission 1 easier. We would no longer spend so much valuable time going through the Maintain area and editing each teacher.

    24 votes

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  9. TAKS still appears on Withdrawal Form

    Because we no longer are in the TAKS business is there any way that line item on the withdrawal form can be changed to STAR or EOC and show those scores instead? It is wasted space right now.
    Most people don't even know what TAKS is especially at the younger grade levels since that test has nearly reached its end life. It would seem more appropriate to have current terminology for testing on the withdrawal papers rather than outdated testing. Thanks for considering this updated change to the form.

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  10. Teacher Acces to view Hearing and Vision Screening

    At this time Skyward does not allow for a classroom teacher to be able to view their classroom roster's student health screenings. (Yes they could see ALL students in their building if we add them as a Student Management Security Group; however our Superintendent and the Deputy want it to be limited to the teacher's roster only).

    Our School Nurses and Teachers hope Skyward will be able to be configured so the teacher can view this information at the teacher's view of the student profile from within Educator Access. They would like the same view as the parent has at…

    24 votes

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  11. Sales Tax per School

    Schools span multiple municipalities which means each school has different sales tax rate. However Skyward only allows one tax for all the campuses.
    Skyward should offer this setting to be campus level when district decided to use the fee management modules as campus level. Otherwise big district like us will not utilize this feature at all.

    24 votes

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  12. Quick Print for Parent Web ID Letter

    I'd like to see a Quick Print button on the web access tab so that we could set up or use a letter (either a Skyward configured one (like the basic/enhanced report card) or a custom letter like we have) and be able to generate a letter with the parents web access username and password. If there would be a better location to put the Quick Print button that's fine. But something is needed because the only option is to go into Data Mining and try to create all of the letters then find the one that needs to be…

    24 votes

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  13. Add "Created Date" to data mining for Medicaid

    We would like to be able to data mine Medicaid log detail entries by the date they were entered. This date can be found in the "History" of detail entry but is not one of the available fields in data mining. We bill Medicaid ourselves and have found that we have missed many monthly entries because they have been entered late resulting in a loss of reimbursable funds. I have attached a screenshot of the date we would like included as a data mineable field.
    If we could data mine by the "created date" then we would be more accurate…

    24 votes

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  14. Attendance Enhancement Needed

    We have a "mini" college campus @HS. We have over 350 kids that move in and out of our building on a daily basis that we need to track for attendance. We have codes set up for such but there is no simple way to enter this except one by one!
    I would propose to add an enhancement in the Attendance Entry by Class or Activity screen to add a "selected days" button and a "meet" button to easily add students scheduled in certain classes that leave the building. It would also be nice to do this on individual student.…

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  15. Office Visit By date report for the nurse

    Can we add disposition added to this report? Office Visit By Date report

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  16. Customer Meal Statement Deposits Posted First

    On the Customer Meal Statement report I am requesting that all deposits are reflected first and then the purchases for each day. When viewing a Customer Meal Statement customers look like they are in the negative more often than they actually are because the programming currently has all the purchases for the day posted first before the payments for the day are posted. This makes it hard to do a quick analysis of a customer to see how frequently they are actually in the negative. If the payments were posted first and then the purchases the running balance would reflect…

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  17. Entity INFO now has COUNSELOR needed in Auto email

    Since the COUNSELOR field is now available in entity Info this needs to be an option to select when in automatic email setup area. See attached screen shot of the view of Entity Info (with Counselor now has an option) and of Code Selection in Automatic Emails where Counselor is not available. When will this be added? It is not fair to give the Counselor field in one area but not make it available in others areas within Skyward
    Any Event/Trigger that offered Advisor please add Counselor field as an option

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  18. Custom Form View on Family Access Read Only

    It would be very helpful if we could make Custom Forms view-able to parents on Family Access. We have a Behavioral Standards custom form that is completed by several teachers. We would like parents to be able to view the form on Family Access instead of printing them all out and sending them home. Report Cards are available to our parents in the Portfolio tab and we would love to see the option to add Custom Forms there as well.

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  19. outstanding fee notification

    Parents are asking to have a notification flag posted to the family access page that states if they have outstanding fees to pay and if so how much.

    23 votes

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  20. Change of Address

    When a parent enters an address change via Family Access, it would be helpful for them to be able to attach 1-2 documents for Proof of Residency.

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