Which Days to Define

You must define each weekday that is different from the school calendar or that cannot be properly defined in the school calendar.

Examples (assume the school calendar is set up for regular, full-time students):

• You assigned the appropriate type to each day in the school calendar. However, there are a few weekdays that the type assigned at the calendar level does not apply to all students attending the school. Create a district calendar and define the days that are different. Assign this District Calendar ID at the student level as appropriate.
• Regular full-time students attend school Monday through Friday. The school also serves kindergarten students, who only attend school Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Create a district calendar for kindergarten students using the appropriate kindergarten day type and instruction time. Define every Tuesday and Thursday as a vacation day.
• Regular full-time students attend school Monday through Friday. The school also serves kindergarten students, who also attend school Monday through Friday, but only for a half day. Create a district calendar for these kindergarten students using the appropriate kindergarten day type and instruction time. In this example, you need to set up every day of the school year for kindergarten students.
• If you have an alternative education school where student schedules vary per student and change often, then only define one district calendar. Define every in-session weekday with an instruction time of 12, which represents the maximum number of attendance hours that can be reported in a single day for all students assigned to an Alternative calendar.

It is important to note that, with the exception of dual enrolled students, all students within a given grade level should be assigned to the same calendar. Ideally, groups of grade levels should be on the same calendar. For example, a school may have grades 1-5 set to one district calendar and grades 6-8 set to another.