That sounds like a good start to me. An action in the workflow could to email or SMS a parent/sponsor when the the student is absent.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Hoffman > Sent: 01 November 2005 03:39 > To: Schooltool List > Subject: [schooltool] attendance workflow > > > > It doesn't look like we can do much meaningful work on the Attendance > UI without doing at least a simple workflow for resolving excused and > unexcused absences & tardies. > > Here's what I've come up with. I'm shooting for the simplest thing > that could possibly work. > > If a student is not in attendance, create an unexcused absence at the > beginning of the class/day. > > If the student arrives late, the absence becomes an unexcused tardy. > > The absence or tardy can be excused by actions by clerks, school > administrators or (in some cases) teachers, thus ending the workflow. > > Does this sound right for a start? > > --Tom > _______________________________________________ > Schooltool mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.schooltool.org/mailman/listinfo/schooltool _______________________________________________ Schooltool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schooltool.org/mailman/listinfo/schooltool
