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Work the absences families reported
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 6 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to work the absences families reported
- 1Click Attendance in the sidebar
- 2Click "Reported by parents (N)" at the top of the page — it shows only while a note is waiting, and N counts notes, not days
- 3Read the family's note and the day it covers on the Waiting list — a note that covers several days is one card
- 4Click Open sheet to mark the day if the child really is out — pick the child's class, click Use beside the parent's note on their row (it marks the child excused with the family's reason), then "Save attendance"
- 5Come back through "Reported by parents (N)" and click Acknowledge on each card so the family sees it was read — one click clears every day of a multi-day note
- 6Click "Recent, including seen" to check anything you already handled; the Waiting list then reads "Nothing waiting."
Part of Attendance, schedule & calendar
A tap per kid on attendance, bell periods and breaks behind the schedule, and one school calendar every family and student sees in their portal.
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