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Storing student transportation data has always been an option within PowerSchool. Identifying if a student is a car rider, bus rider, or uses some other means of transportation has been possible by populating that data to each student's individual transportation screen.

However, getting to that data for more than a single student at a time has been a different story altogether.

Creating a list of basics such as which students are car riders on a given day or which students ride bus 9, has never been easy because of how the data is stored. But now with the use of our Transportation Report, getting to that data can be quick and easy. 

Contract tracing has taken a prominent role in the life of many school administrators while the information they need to identify students that have been in close contact with other students is often contained in PowerSchool.

Being able to access that data quickly and easily in a usable way is a different story.

Contact Tracing has taken a prominent role in the life of many school administrators.

While the information they need to identify students that have been in close contact with a specific student is often contained in PowerSchool.

Being able to access that data quickly and easily in a usable way is a different story. 

Powerschool student program enrollment, the legacy option, not the add-on special ed software, has long been a standing option in PowerSchool. It allows districts the ability to create their own programs based on their specific needs. It’s a step above activities but not quite as involved as section enrollment.

Student programs allow districts the ability to enroll students, assign entry and exit dates, as well as add exit reasons or additional comments while offering flexibility in creating and enrolling students into programs.

Discipline data is one area in which schools strive to keep accurate and up-to-date records. Incidents is just one of the methods available to users.

Attendance. What can we say? It's no longer as simple as marking students tardy and adding them up. For many schools, tracking attendance with the multitudes of attendance codes and conversions becomes a full-time job.

Human error during data entry into any School District’s SIS still today remains one of the most problematic issues for keeping student and staff data clean and accurate. And it’s only getting worse as many districts nationwide have begun to allow parents to register their child online.

Public school districts nationwide – particularly smaller districts – continue to deal with penny-pinching budgets as numbers rise for students transitioning to Virtual Academies, Charter Academies, private schools, and homeschooling options.

One big advantage for smaller school districts is the ability for teachers, principals, and other staff to get to know the students on a very personal level. It leads to better educational opportunities in many ways and brings citizens of small communities together.

The ability to easily identify students that have been in contact with a student based on course enrollment and the date range is now at your fingertips, with the latest release of RealTime Reports.