Attendance Course Blockers

CCS has created course blockers to fill periods on a student’s schedule when they are not in regular academic courses or to denote where the student is during the duration of the school day when not in a traditional classroom setting.  These course numbers start with "N" and should already be loaded on your course deck.  These blocker courses are available to use in every school; however, the course may need to have sections added before students can be scheduled.

Attendance Course Blockers

There are instances when a blocker course should be used to record attendance for a student.  Students scheduled in these courses must be marked absent daily. The secretary will enter the attendance in Infinite Campus daily for these students through the Classroom Monitor.  This includes the following courses:

No Show - Course Number N90130

This is a blocker course for students who have never shown up to school at all this school year but were expected to. Create a section of this course to span the entire school day and enroll students into this course for attendance taking.

You must take attendance on this course daily.

This will take students off teacher rosters and will give you an accurate reflection of available seats.  When enrolling in the NO SHOW course, use the next school day.  This must only be used when student have never attended, and staff are attempting to locate them.   While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions (log interventions on the student's PLP log), complete the Unable To Locate Student Form.  Once completed, and signed by the Principal, submit an electronic withdrawal/end date request form via CCSDAS.  Certify will generate a violation when a student has been scheduled into the No Show Blocker for more than 15 days.

Unable to Locate - Course Number N90135

This course is like the NO SHOW course, except this is for students that attended at least one period/day during the school year but stopped attending. 

You must take attendance on this course daily.

While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions, complete the Unable To Locate Student Form.  Once completed, submit an electronic withdraw request form via CCS DAS.  Certify will generate a notification when a student has been scheduled into this blocker course for more than 15 days.

Located - Not Attending - Course Number N90137

This course is like the No Show course, except this is for students that have been located, but are not attending school.

You must take attendance on this course daily.

While students are in this course, carry out appropriate attendance interventions, and log the interventions on the student's PLP Log.  The school should continue to make regular attempts to reengage the students placed in this course.

Special Note: The Attendance Team in your building will work together to locate students that are actively enrolled in your building but are not attending school.  All attempts to locate the student MUST be recorded on the Student's PLP log.  

The Unable to Locate Student Checklist can be used to display all efforts to locate the student.  The principal will sign the Unable to Locate Student Checklist indicating the student is not attending school and should be withdrawn.  After the student is withdrawn, the checklist will be uploaded to the student's documents tab by Central Enrollment.  When completing the Unable to locate interventions, if contact is made with the Guardian, the Unable to Locate Checklist is null and void and cannot be used to process a withdraw.

Non-Attendance Course Blockers

Cross enrolled students that do not attend their Home school 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.

Gifted Academy All Day - Course Number N92300

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

Global Academy All Day - Course Number N92320

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.  

Home Instruction Blocker Course

The Home Instruction (HOM) blocker course should only be used when a student is assigned to Home Instruction and enrolled in Home Instruction as a secondary enrollment. The HOM blocker course will be added to the student's schedule using the start date equal to the HOM enrollment start date. 

The Support Center - Course Number N92111

The Support Center blocker course should only be used when a student is assigned to the Options for Success program.  The Options for Success course will be added to the student's schedule using the start date equal to the Options for Success enrollment start date.