Use ParentSquare to Report an Upcoming Absence for your Child ⭐

FESD Families -
We are pleased to introduce a new feature in ParentSquare. You can now report an absence in advance. Please see the directions below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Report an absence from the web browser

1. From Home, click Attendance under Communicate. Note: If you do not see Attendance, your school has not enabled this feature. Reach out to your school to learn more.  
2. Click Report Absence in the top right. 
   
   
    
3. Add Student: select student(s) from the dropdown. 
4. Duration of absence: select Full day, Partial day, or Multiple days.
5. Date of absence: select a date. 
6. Reason for absence: select reason from the dropdown. 
7. (Optional) Add a Message. 
8. (Optional) Add Attachments. Note: Up to three files can be added.
9. Click Submit. 
   
   

Report an absence from the app

1. Tap Attendance in the bottom navigation. Note: If you do not see Attendance in your app you may have an old version of the app. Update your app and check again.
2. Tap + at the top.
3. Tap Student and select the student(s) who will be absent. 
4. Tap Duration, select Full day, Partial day, or Multiple days, and tap Done. 
5. Tap Date of absence, select the dates, and tap Done. 
6. Tap Reason, select reason from the menu, and tap Done. 
7. (Optional) Add a Message. 
8. (Optional) Tap Add attachments to upload an attachment. Note: Up to three files can be added.

Add attachments to reported absences from the web

1. From Home, click Attendance under Communicate.
2. Click the title of the reported absence, and click Add attachment. 
3. Choose a file or drag and drop the file to upload it to the reported absence. 
4. (Optional) Click Add more to add additional files. 
   
   

Add attachments to reported absences from the app

1. Tap Attendance in the bottom navigation. 
2. Tap the reported absence. 
3. Tap Add attachment. 
4. (Optional) Tap Add more to add additional images. 
5. Tap Resubmit absence report. 

A success message will populate to let you know the absence has been resubmitted, tap Return to home.