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There should be no empty periods in a students' schedule.  We have created many blocker courses  to fill periods on the schedule when students are not in regular academic courses.  These course numbers start with "N" and should already be loaded on your course deck

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.  These can be used to denote where the student is during the duration of the school day when not in a traditional classroom setting.  These blocker courses are available to use in every school; however, the course may need to have sections added before students can be scheduled.

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Cross enrolled students that do not attend their Home school due to a secondary enrollment to a program MUST be scheduled into the appropriate full-day blocker course at the home school. The schedule start date must match the secondary enrollment date. This can be found on the enrollment tab.

Attendance Course Blockers

The courses below require attendance to be taken on the students in the course.

(blue star) No Show - Course # N90130

This is a blocker course for students who have been enrolled but have not reported to school.  Create a section of this course to span the entire school day, and schedule students into this course for attendance taking.  This will take students off teacher rosters and will give you an accurate reflection of available seats.  When scheduling a student in the NO SHOW course, use the next school day.  This course must only be used when a student has not attended for two weeks, there has been no notification of illness, and staff are actively attempting to locate the student. While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions per the Unable to Locate Checklist Form (log interventions on the student's PLP log).  An electronic withdraw request can be submitted via CCSDAS if all interventions on the Unable to Locate Checklist are completed or if a records request is received.  

Warning

Certify will generate a notification when a student has been scheduled into the No Show Blocker for more than 15 days. 

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This course is similar to the NO SHOW course, except this is for students that attended at some point during the school year but stopped attending. While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions per the Unable to Locate Checklist Form (log interventions on the student's PLP log).  An electronic withdraw request can be submitted via CCSDAS if all interventions on the Unable to Locate Checklist are completed or if a records request is received.  

Warning

Certify will generate a notification when a student has been scheduled into the Unable to Locate Blocker for more than 15 days. 

             

(blue star) Located - Not Attending - Course # N90137

This course is similar to the No Show course, except this is for students that have been located, but are not attending school. While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions, and log the interventions on the student's PLP Log.  

Non-Attendance Course Blockers

Cross enrolled students that do not attend their school of primary enrollment due to a secondary enrollment to a program MUST be scheduled into the appropriate blocker course at the home school. The schedule start date must match the secondary enrollment date. This can be found on the enrollment tab.  The following are courses that are used when students have a secondary enrollment These courses do not require attendance collection at the home school of enrollment.

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Used as a blocker course for students attending the Columbus Global Academy Program all day.  The course should span all periods of the home school's day.     

(blue star) GRADUATION ALLIANCE - Course # N90145

Pilot program for 2nd Semester, 2021-22. Point of contact is Kenny Lee. https://www.graduationalliance.com/

This is a full-day blocker course, and should span the entire schedule for the student.

(blue star) Home Instruction Blocker Course - Course # N92200

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Click Here for more information >  The Support Center Scheduling

Finishing Grad Requirements Blocker Course   

The Finishing Grad Requirements blocker course is to be used for students who need to take a course or two to finish their graduation requirements and are not required to be at school for a full day - this course can be used to block out the rest of their daily schedule for attendance purposes. This course is used in conjunction with other courses.  It must not be the only course on a student's schedule.


(blue star) VCAP Program

Students participating in the VCAP program are enrolled in the Educational Options school, in one of three calendars:

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