When Mountain View School District first implemented ParentSquare Attendance Plus, they were looking to unify their attendance management and communication efforts and better support families before attendance challenges escalated.
“We needed to align our efforts—district to site, site to family—so that everyone was part of the same system of support,” said Diego Reyes, Student & Family Support Services Technician.
The need for a unified approach to tracking interventions helped us shape what came next for Attendance Plus. We know that for attendance staff, the biggest challenge is frequently a lack of time. When their days are spent dealing with data issues and fragmented tools, it’s hard for staff to keep track of who needs support.
Starting this month, every school using Attendance Plus can now access task lists, a personal workspace designed to help staff organize their caseloads, stay focused, and take timely action on their assigned interventions.
A clearer view of your students
Attendance team members often manage more than 75 students at a time. Before Attendance Plus task lists, many relied on spreadsheets, sticky notes, or memory to keep track of who needed support and when.
Now, when you log in to Attendance Plus, you see only what matters: your assigned students in a single, streamlined view.
Task lists help you:
- Prioritize instantly: Tabs for Active, Recently Completed, and All Assigned make it easy to focus on today’s highest-priority work
- Filter precisely: Built-in search and sort tools help you quickly find students by tier or status
- Act without leaving: Send a message or mark an intervention complete directly from your list, so you can keep moving through your day without switching between screens
With these capabilities, staff can spend more time connecting with families and less time navigating tools.
More consistency, less guesswork
With task lists, each completed action is time-stamped and logged in the student’s Attendance Plus profile. That means school leaders no longer need to guess whether follow-ups are happening—they can see it in real time.
In Mountain View, even before task lists were introduced, the district saw how centralizing attendance communication helped staff be more proactive and effective. The addition of task lists builds on that progress by reducing manual tracking and making next steps easier to manage.
Tools that support connection, not just compliance
ParentSquare Attendance Plus helps schools move beyond compliance to build a more engaged and empathetic approach to attendance. Task lists bring this strategy to life by providing staff with one place to:
- Reach out early using two-way, translated messages on the same platform families already use
- Log and manage interventions as part of a broader support strategy
- Track and organize outreach in one place for better clarity and collaboration
For districts, this means more consistency and visibility. For staff, it means less guesswork. And for students, it means getting support before attendance becomes a barrier to success.
Now available in Attendance Plus
Task lists are now live for all districts using ParentSquare Attendance Plus. If you’re interested in Attendance Plus for your district, book a demo with our team to learn more.