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Acknowledge an absence a family reported
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 8 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to acknowledge an absence a family reported
- 1Click Attendance in the sidebar
- 2Click the Reported by parents link at the top of the sheet
- 3Read what the family sent — the child, the date and their note (a run of days is one card)
- 4Click Acknowledge on that card — the family will see it was read
- 5Click "Recent, including seen" to see the ones already acknowledged
- 6Click Open sheet on a card to go to that day's attendance sheet
- 7On the child's row, click Use to mark them excused with the family's reason — acknowledging does not set attendance
- 8Click Save attendance
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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