How to Pull an Attendance Report in IC

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An easy way to keep track of your kiddos and their attendance is to get in the habit of pulling an attendance report on each of your classes on the same day each week (such as Mondays so that you have the week to follow up with the students and parents). Here is a screencast on how to pull that report to make your life (slightly) easier.

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