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Evan Mallory edited this page Mar 4, 2016 · 4 revisions

DemSchoolTools is a database that excels at managing Judicial Committee records for Sudbury-inspired schools. In addition, it does a satisfactory job of tracking people (students, parents, donors, and others) and the management manual.

JC database feature list

JC database documentation

  • Modern web-based interface
  • Easy to use note taking interface is streamlined enough that the chair of the meeting can use it to take notes during JC
  • While taking notes, you can quickly and easily look up case histories by person or rule
  • Generates attractive, printable meeting minutes
  • Generates attractive, printable sentence lists (or you can download a spreadsheet)
  • Generates a weekly report summarizing JC activity
  • Charges referred to School Meeting (appeals, suspensions) are tracked on the home page; School Meeting's decision can be recorded as well.
  • Charges can be referred to anyone. If referred to someone other than School Meeting, they show up in the weekly report.
  • Generates printable JC histories per-person and per-rule. Optionally redacts student names from the histories for privacy.
  • Cases can be continued from one day to another indefinitely.
  • All case and charge data can be exported to a spreadsheet
  • Manages the list of active sentences
  • Stores multiple years of data
  • Can be easily customized to accommodate schools' differences in language or workflow

Management manual feature list

Management manual documentation

  • Entries are organized into chapters and sections
  • Each entry shows the date(s) it was adopted, amended, and/or repealed
  • You can view changes that have been made to the manual since any date you pick
  • Easily download the manual in PDF format

People database feature list

  • Tracks name and contact information
  • People can be combined into flexible family groups
  • Checklists are available to keep track of tasks (useful for tracking admissions inquiries, donation thank-yous, and enrollment)
  • "Tags" are used to combine people into groups. People can have as many tags as you'd like.
  • Can track monetary and in-kind donations
  • You can add "comments" to people to record significant conversations you have had or make other notes.
  • Email notifications for comments and tags.

Attendance tracking feature list

Attendance tracking documentation

  • Tracks number of hours per day and per week for students and staff
  • Absences can be coded appropriately according to your state law or other requirements
  • All attendance data can be exported to a spreadsheet

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