Need to Rip and Replace my Infractions and Consequences

Matt Whitney

I need to start fresh. Our system has experienced a proliferation of Infraction types and Consequences that are either redundant, unclear, or otherwise not helpful. I don't care if they are tied to a kid with consequences three years ago. I need them gone. But everything has a lock on it. Even with Admin permissions, those with consequences associated with them years ago are also frozen. How do I get a fresh start? The closest I got to a knowledgable answer was something akin to “you can't." Please tell me that's not true.

Brian Gray

@Matt Whitney:
Please tell me that's not true.

It's true. You can't delete Infraction types or Consequence types if they have been assigned to even one student. But you can change settings on each type to make them invisible (more or less) to everyone except the Conduct Manager. This is actually a good thing (ominous explanation below).

Infractions - edit the infraction, and then:

• set the sort order to 9999 (which forces the entry to the bottom of the list)
• add a word to the start of the infraction's name (such as OBSOLETE). Keep the rest of the infraction name as it is
• change the status to inactive
• require approval
• remove access from all rolls
• remove faculty access

I would leave the associated point value, consequences, and grade levels as they are (ominous explanation below).

Consequences - edit the consequence and then:

• add a word to the start of the consequence's name (such as OBSOLETE). Keep the rest of the name as it is
• Change the status to inactive
• leave the other settings as they are
• when you're done editing all of the consequences, use the Edit order button to move them to the bottom of the list

Ominous explanation:

The reason you want to keep the the infractions, consequences, and details in your system is so that you can produce information about a student's record when the school faces possible litigation. In some cases, the actual suit can be avoided when the former student's attorney sees a long, well documented history of disciplinary infractions and consequences. (Now that I've mentioned a lawsuit…the subpoena will arrive tomorrow.)

Matt Whitney

@Brian Gray AWESOME! THANKS