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Relative day patterns

A relative day pattern is a sequence of day types. A relative day pattern enables you to schedule classes based on days that rotate through the school instructional days, skipping holidays and weekends. For example, you can define a Red day and a Blue day, which alternate for each instructional day. Using this pattern, when a holiday lands on a Blue day, the next instructional day becomes a Blue day.

When you use relative days, you must specify the date that the pattern begins and indicate which relative day is applied to the first day; for example, if school begins September 6, you can specify that the first day of school is a Red day. If classes are interrupted during the school year (the school closes due to heavy snow, for example), you can change the relative day assigned to the next instructional day.

You can only apply a relative day pattern if relative day patterns are set up at your school [>>]. You can set up relative day patterns in the Active or Planning Calendar.

Note: You cannot apply a relative day pattern to the past (days before today) if attendance has already been taken for those days. If you apply a relative day pattern to a future date and attendance has already been taken for those future dates, the attendance for those future dates is deleted.

You can only apply a day pattern to regular days. A regular day meets all of the following conditions:

To view relative day pattern assignments [You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]:

1

In the Admin menu, click School Setup. The School Setup page appears.

2

Under Calendar, click Relative Day Pattern. The Relative Day Pattern page appears.

3

In the Calendar Day Search panel, search for the relative day pattern assignment.

To apply a day pattern [You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]:

1

In the Admin menu, click School Setup. The School Setup page appears.

2

Under Calendar, click Relative Day Pattern. The Relative Day Pattern page appears.

3

Under Apply Regular Day Pattern, for Start pattern using day, select the relative day that you want to apply to the specified date.

4

For As of date, set the date on which you want the relative day pattern to begin.

5

Click Apply Day Pattern. PowerSchool SMS displays your changes in the Calendar Day List panel.

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