April 2026
If your school is approaching the 3rd quarter report, then these functions in FastDirect might need to be addressed.
Opening up teacher input for 4th Mid-Quarter Report will require:
- Confirming the mid-quarter dates in ‘Grades’ then ‘Report Card Input Controls’
- Changing input for mid-quarter from ‘Not Yet’ to ‘Allow Input’ in ‘Report Card Input Controls’
- Having teachers go through the mid-quarter report card input process
- Closing the input process by changing ‘Allow Input’ to ‘Input Complete’
Opening up teacher input for 3rd Mid-Trimester Report will require:
- Confirming the mid-trimester dates in ‘Grades’ then ‘Report Card Input Controls’
- Changing input for mid-trimester from ‘Not Yet’ to ‘Allow Input’ in ‘Report Card Input Controls’
- Having teachers go through the mid-trimester report card input process
- Closing the input process by changing ‘Allow Input’ to ‘Input Complete’
Tax season is here and FastDirect has a tax report for parents. This report can be found when parents click on the Finance icon in the top menu bar. In the left hand menu will be a Tax Report option. Once you click on Tax Report, you will select the tax year and then click ‘Tax Year Printout’. A new window will open with the report for easy printing! The tax report will have the following information:
- The Federal Tax ID Number
- The tax year
- A breakdown of deposit transactions for each account
- A total deposit amount for each account
- A total deposit amount for all accounts
For administrators, here are the steps for viewing a specific family’s tax report:
- Go to Finance
- Select the family’s name in the top drop down
- Click the button for ‘Deposits only for Selected Family in Tax Year’ (if you need to view a different year, change the year first before clicking this button)
After the start of the 3rd quarter, principals have the ability to allow individual teachers to edit report card grades for the entire year without having to ‘allow input’ for a specific grading period or without having to ‘allow input’ for the whole school. Once a principal has given permission to a specific teacher to edit report card grades for the entire year, then that teacher will need to follow these steps:
- Go to ‘Grades’
- In the first drop down inside the gray box at the top, choose the course that has report card grades that need to be edited
- Click the large yellow button that reads ‘You are temporarily allowed to edit Report Card grades for the whole year’
- You will now see the list of students in that course and their report card grades
- Click ‘Edit’ next to the student whose grade you would like to change
- Enter in a grade or change an existing grade for that student, then click ‘Update’
- Repeat these steps for any additional student grades or courses
Click here to read the FAQ on Principal’s Only report card editing.
If your school is tracking attendance hours for day care or before/after school care in our Timer feature, then you will have access to an Extended Care Report.
Timer is a component in FastDirect that allows schools to track the attendance hours of students who are in day care, preschool, before/after care etc. If your school is using this component, then the time that you are being billed for in Timer will be in an Extended Care Report. This report not only allows you to view specific date ranges, but you can also specify which children you want to appear in the report. For those parents that need to submit forms to their employers or for taxes, this report will be exactly what they need! To access this report, follow these steps:
- Log into your parent account
- Scroll below your FDmail and below all of the grade viewing report options
- Underneath the line that reads ‘Extended Care Report’, select the dates you need and the student option then click ‘View Report’
If this report is not on your Home page, then consider talking with the administrators about using Timer at your school.
- How can an administrator view and/or print a tax report for a specific family?
- How do I set up Tuition account for next year?
- How do I print labels in the Reports section?
Helpful FAQs from April 2025:
- How do I change the prices of a menu items for a specific group?
- How do I remove a course?
- How can I remove extra tuition charges for a student that has transferred out mid-year?
Helpful FAQs from April 2024:
Watch this video tutorial to find out how parents re-register their child online through their parent account:
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