Detention Scheduling

Students can be assigned to detentions as an incident consequence.

To assign a detention as a consequence the detention event and schedule must be setup first. Detentions are comprised of two components: the event itself, and one or more meeting times.

Event

The Event label can describe the detention name, ID number, and one or more meeting times. Examples include “Lunch Detention”, “ After School”, “IIS”.

Schedule

The Schedule label can describe the meeting location, start/end time, frequency, and capacity. Examples include “Daily lunch”, “Weds afterschool”, “Friday ISS”,

 

Create a Detention Event

Click PerfectPass > Scheduling > Manage > Create Event to open the Create Scheduled Event window.

 

Field

Required

Description

Field

Required

Description

Name

Yes

Name will be printed to DETENTION slips and displayed in PerfectPass wherever the detention is referenced.
Example Names: After School, Lunch Detention, etc.

ID Number

No

This optional ID can be printed on the DETENTION slip

Location

Yes

Enter the location where the detention event is held.
Example Locations: Cafeteria, Room 101, etc.

Capacity

Yes

Capacity limits the number of students who can be assigned to the meeting time.

 

Create Schedule

To create a schedule, enter a Name such as Daily Lunch.

 

Click the plus button to create a new schedule that will be used for the daily lunch detention.

The Create Schedule window will open.

 

Choose a Pattern of Weekly, then choose the days when the detention is held.

Enter the Start Time and End Time.

To exclude certain days from the detention meeting time, select them in the Excluded Dates calendar.

Click Save to create the meeting time called Daily Lunch.

Add a Schedule to the Detention Event

After saving the Daily Lunch schedule, it should be selected automatically. If not, click the Select button then choose the Daily Lunch schedule that was just added.

Enter a location

Choose the Capacity

Click +ADD SCHEDULE

Daily Lunch is now listed under Current Schedule.

The completed page. Click Save to complete the detention setup.

 

Now that the detention is setup, it can be assigned by any incident.

See Incidents for more detail.

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