Suggestion Box – Home
Here you can view and vote on ideas that are brought forward by other parents and guardians in regards to new features that could be added to the My Family Room system to make it more useful to you. To avoid duplication of ideas, we encourage you to check out (and vote on) other parent’s ideas before you submit your own.
Please maintain a level of courtesy when posting suggestions or comments. We reserve the right to delete any comments that are discourteous or inflammatory in nature.
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Request school Change online
We should be able to put in a request to switch schools online. It is such an inconvenient hassle to get kids switched from one school to another after a move, as principals are often so slow on getting in touch with parents.
1 voteGood afternoon,
Thank you for your suggestion, I've marked it as under review so it can be considered for future features in My Family Room.
The process of moving a student from one School to another does currently require school staff to process the transfer as well as transfer documents between schools, however I do see a benefit to making such a request from the My Family Room platform.
Thank you,
My Family Room Support
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If a student is absent unexpected, the notification should go to the parents immediately
My daughter was marked absent unexpected from her 12:05PM class as I picked her for emergency appointment, but I received email notification at 4:40PM which is too late.
Also, when confirming the absence, I could only select reason and no area to provide reasoning or justification.
For some absence, I can see my daughter is marked absent twice for the same class and same subject by using code 1 or 11 which does not make sense as there is only one class for each subject per day so how she is absent twice from the same class if the class…1 voteGood morning,
Thank you for your feedback and suggestion. I have marked this as under review so we can consider adding a notes section to the unexplained absence reply in a future version of My Family Room.
With regards to the notification time of 4:40 pm, it would depend mostly on the time the teacher took attendance, 4:40 pm is an expected notification time.
With regards to a double absence, there are scenarios where courses occur over a double period, in that scenario attendance is taken twice for the same course/class. To investigate this further please contact the school, or submit a support request through the Help/Contact Us form at www.myfamilyroom.ca
Thank you,
My Family Room Support
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Phone App able to stay logged in
It would be great to be able to stay logged in on the app on the phone- to further on that idea- have the option to have push notifications for new event/event reminders, snow days, etc.
1 voteGood morning,
Thank you for your suggestions, we really appreciate them!!
I have listed these suggestions as under review for future changes to My Family Room.
Thank you,
My Family Room Support
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Memo area
when reporting an absence it would be helpful to have a dropdown area where parents can elaborate further on the selected reason for absence.
1 voteGood afternoon,
Thank you for your suggestion! I have set this as under review so it can be considered for future changes to My Family Room.
Thank you!
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Check boxes
How about checking off the box of the kid who is actually going to be absent rather than checking off ALL THE BOXES of the kids who are NOT going to be absent. It’s ridiculous the way it is now.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion!
I have marked this suggestion as under review so it will be considered for future updates.
Thank you again!
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Fix Absence tool
When you approve an absence after the fact, all you get is the wheel of death, you have to log out and log back in. Feature needs fixing. Also should have option to make note. Ex. my kid missed class because the school made a mistake, her absence was at the fault of the school.
1 voteHello,
Thank you for your suggestion!
This is being taken under review for future versions of My Family Room.
Thank you.
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When a refund is issued dont freeze an account. My child is missing hot lunches for the month now!
I was issued a refund because of a system glitch, and now I have to wait 20 days before I can use the account again. The app says to contact the school to get hit lunches paid for in person, but the school refuses to do so. Unacceptable. We should have the option to reload to our account right away.
1 voteHello,
Thank you for your suggestion! When a cash-out is requested and being processed we cannot currently allow funds to be added or used on the account. This may be something that is remedied in future versions of My Family Room and this suggestion is being taken under review.
Thank you.
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When asked is absence expected.. and you say NO because your child WAS in class (subsitute teacher) - give an option to add this information
When asked is absence expected.. and you say NO because your child WAS in class (subsitute teacher) - give an option to add this information
1 voteThank you for your feedback/suggestion.
This feature has been suggested before and is still listed for consideration in future development.
Thank you again!
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combine all my children so that I'm only getting one email/text or phone call regarding school closures, snow days, or surveys etc!!!!!!!!!
I just received 3 emails, 3 phone calls to home, 3 cell phone calls, 3 text messages in regards to the survey to be completed by the students. Can the board not combine my 3 children together since I have one Family Room account so that I don't get multiple messages for the same thing? It is really annoying!!!
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There are absences here that are not absences and it would be great to be able to note that
There are absences here that are not absences and it would be great to be able to note that
1 voteHello,
Thank you for your suggestion, currently attendance corrections need to be made and approved by the school office staff, I recommend contacting them to address the attendance issues.
Your suggestion to be able to note attendance discrepancies has been noted and considered for future updates.
Thank you!
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It would be beneficial to have a link to your notifications, as I can't seem to be able to find my notifications?
As you log in, there are notifications for you, but, no link.
1 voteThank you for the suggestion. Currently you are alerted of the notifications in My Family Room but the actual notifications were sent to your email address. We’ll review your suggestion for upcoming updates to My Family Room
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media opt out options
Provide a way to change
1 voteThank you for your suggestion. Please contact your school and let them know you’d like to opt out. They will be happy to help.
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Allow the Parents to modify or delete a scheduled late note or Absence.
Allow Parents to modify or delete a scheduled late note or Absence that they posted. In case Appointment gets canceled and child no longer needs to be late or absent. Since School said they cannot do it and unable to do that myself.
1 voteThank you for your feedback. We are currently working on an updated version of My Family Room and will put this suggestion forward as a feature request.
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Wait list information
Please include information about waitlists (like how long you will be waiting, or if your child is on a wait list) for High School students. My daughter is on a wait list to start grade 10. Thanks.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion. We are placing it under review for future updates.
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Allow parents to change child photos.
A child being present on photo day shouldn't determine whether their picture is current or not, and some school photos are just not flattering at all! Allow parents to choose and change child photos rather than having to go through the school. School administrators have more important things to deal with than changing photos and info in an app that is supposed to make things easier and more efficient for everyone.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion. Currently school photos are the official photo used in our student information system and My Family Room. Your suggestion will be submitted for future enhancements.
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1 vote
Thank you for your suggestion. It will be submitted for future enhancements.
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Make phone number spacing automatic
I should be able to type in my phone number without dashes. The system should be smart enough to know where they go.
1 voteThank you for your feedback. We will place it under review for future updates.
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Have a parent section to show report cards, as well as teachers comments.
Have a parent section to show report cards, as well as teachers comments. It would be great to have something like google classroom where the parents can speak with teachers and get to see the progress of the students workload and assignments. Just getting a grade mark doesn't represent the efforts or focus of the student understanding.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion. We have included report cards to our future software changes so you will see this in upcoming updates.
The UCDSB uses Microsoft Teams, ClassNotebook as well as Brightspace for online learning and to communicate with students and families. Each teacher can decide which product works best for their classroom. You may wish to discuss this with your
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Absence Notification - email alert when school responds / accepts
Today I submitted an absence notification for our daughter who I will be picking up from school early. I received an email notification that the submission was sent to the school. Upon speaking with the School Administrator, she mentioned that she replied to the email notification that the school received ... yet I didn't get an email for this acknowledgement.
I would like to suggest that IF the school replies to the absence notification (not all situations would merit a reply), that an email be sent to the parent with their reply / acknowledgement.1 voteThank you for your feedback. It has been submitted for review in future updates.
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Online report cards
Put all your child's report cards under their account for future reference. With space for comments by parents.
1 voteThank you for your suggestion. We will review it for future updates to My Family Room.
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