System and method for student attendance management

A system comprising:

• a data processor;
• a network interface, in data communication with the data processor, for communication on a data network;
• and
• a student attendance management system, executable by the data processor, to:
• cause installation of a site-resident data collection module in a site location, the site-resident data collection module including instructions executing within an executable environment of the site location, the site-resident data collection module further including a first data interface enabling data communication between the site-resident data collection module and a legacy data processing system of the site location;
• interface with the site-resident data collection module to collect student information, attendance data, and other site data from the site location;
• cause transfer of the site data to a host location;
• perform data transformation and normalization operations on the site data to convert the site data to a common format, the data transformation and normalization operations including district-specific data transformation rules;
• perform district configuration operations to configure rules specifying how and when alerts can be sent to recipients based on the site data;
• and
• perform scheduling and reporting operations to generate and distribute alerts, including attendance letters, to recipients based on the site data and the configured rules.

A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• cause installation of a site-resident data collection module in a site location, the site-resident data collection module including instructions executing within an executable environment of the site location, the site-resident data collection module further including a first data interface enabling data communication between the site-resident data collection module and a legacy data processing system of the site location;
• interface with the site-resident data collection module to collect student information, attendance data, and other site data from the site location;
• cause transfer of the site data to a host location;
• perform data transformation and normalization operations on the site data to convert the site data to a common format, the data transformation and normalization operations including district-specific data transformation rules;
• perform district configuration operations to configure rules specifying how and when alerts can be sent to recipients based on the site data;
• and
• perform scheduling and reporting operations to generate and distribute alerts, including attendance letters, to recipients based on the site data and the configured rules.