2a. Staff need to submit an answer for each student they care for, accounted for is the default “present” 2b. answer. If staff know a given student was in the bathroom, mark under “unaccounted for” check “Last seen” and type in bathroom or a recent known location to aide in the search.

2c. Marking a student Absent should only be done when the adult is 1000% sure the student(s) is not in the building that day. Absent does NOT mean the student is missing from your class.

2d. When a staff member is done “submitting attendance” they can select the “Mark as complete” option, so managers know who is done taking attendance. Checking this option is only for staff reporting purposes and does not update student data in any way. (Also it does not impede anyone from making changes as you find a new student etc.).

2e. Fine Arts teachers will probably want to look for the “gen ed” teacher of the class that they’re currently with, it’ll probably be easier to find “Attendance” for Mrs. Smith than the laundry list that is Fine Arts teachers where the the sections just say “Music K MUS(A) x5”, “Music 1 MUS(A) x5”, etc.
Reasoning: Datasync pulls in the external expression of PS and since all the music classes are assigned to a the “MUS” bellperiod, that’s not on the bell schedule. Solution that might get us around this: We might be able to get the section # added into this laundry list of classes. How the campus gets around it: They’re on different periods, so they’re generally looking for say Smith’s P2-3 class and not specifically the “name” or “section” number.

Best to not launch the staff wellness check-in quickly, as it will interrupt their screen for roster/attendance task.