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Take the emergency roll

Once a school leader declares an emergency, every teacher's open roll switches into a stripped-down headcount. Every teacher does this — the Emergency button that starts and ends an emergency is leader-only, but taking the emergency roll is for everyone.

  1. Your roll becomes the Emergency roll

    When an emergency is declared, your open roll flips automatically — a red Emergency roll tag appears in the header, and all staff are notified. The table strips back to two columns, Student name and Emergency roll, so per-period history and Attendance % are hidden and nothing competes with marking.

    An open roll with the red Emergency roll tag in the header and the stripped-back two-column table — Student name and Emergency roll

  2. Mark each student Present or Missing

    Tap each student Present or Missing. To set everyone at once, use the mark all action in the column header, then adjust individuals. A live counter strip in the card header shows running Unmarked, Missing, and Present totals.

    The emergency roll card header with the live Unmarked, Missing, and Present counter strip

  3. Add a note where needed

    Add a note to any student to pass on detail — for example where a missing student was last seen.

  4. Submit your class's status

    Click Submit to send your class's emergency status. Unlike a normal roll, there's no all-marked gate here — you submit what you have, fast, and coordinators chase the rest. Emergency mode is deliberately minimal: no date picker, no print, no birthday cue. A confirmation tells you the roll has been submitted.