Create Detentions

Tardy Detention(s) is where a school can build their pre-set detentions by designating a title, description, start time, duration, location, and max capacity.

Create Detentions - To build Tardy Detentions, click on Tardy Settings > Tardy Detention(s) >  + Detention in the upper right corner. In the pop-up window, create your detention.

• Name the detention

• Choose the number of days to delay the student from being scheduled for this detention (optional)

  • Delay before booking

• Provide a description of the detention

• Choose a color 

• Select start time

• Add the length of time for the detention

• Add the Location or Room where the detention will take place

• Add the maximum capacity for that detention

• Select the Grad year(s) to which this detention will apply

• Click Submit
  

Delay before booking - This field allows the scheduling of an earned detention to be postponed by the number of days indicated.  The default for the “Delay before booking” field is one (1) day.

• If a student earns a detention today, they will be scheduled for that detention tomorrow (assuming that detentions occur daily).

• If a delay of three (3) days is added when the detention is created and a student earns the detention today, the student will be scheduled for the detention three (3) days from today (A student who earns a detention on 3/1 with a delay of three days will be scheduled for detention on 3/4 - assuming detentions occur daily)

• If the detentions have not been added to the calendar, this student’s detention will be listed in "Pending” status until the detention has been scheduled.

• The delay will be honored even if there is not a detention available on the exact day to be scheduled.  Students will be scheduled on the next available detention after the delay window.  Example: You have Saturday detentions scheduled on the 2nd and 9th.  A student earns a detention on the 1st.  A 7-day delay would normally mean the detention is scheduled on the 8th - but there is no Saturday detention available, so the student will be scheduled on the 9th.

Tip:  You can create a room that is specifically used for detentions, for example “Library-Detention”.  This way you can run reports on that location vs. “Library”.  You can set the Limit Location Max Cap for “Library-Detention as “0” so students could not accidentally create a pass to that location.

Once you have created a detention, you will see it in a list on the Tardy Detention(s) page. You can then use the three (3) dots under the “Action” column to the right of each detention to edit or delete this detention.