This method works for transferring students to another school in the district or a school outside of the district.  

  1. Select the student in PowerSchool
  2. On the left sidebar menu click Functions under enrollment
  3. Fill out the following information:

    Transfer Comment

    Where is the student going?
    Be as descriptive as possible as this information may be useful later on.

    Date of Transfer

    The date after the student’s last day in school.

    • Cannot be before the entry date.

    • Cannot “orphan attendance” - If attendance was already taken for the student you need to put in the day after the students last day

    Exit Code

    Please take care when choosing an Exit Code.  If the incorrect Exit Code is chosen, this could impact our graduation rate when the student reaches Grade 12.

    Some of the popular options:

    Transfer to another Passaic School - T2

    Transfer to another NJ School - T4

    Transfer to a Charter School - TC

    Transfer to a school out of NJ - T8

    If a staff member has taken attendance for this student already, check to delete all future attendance records this student has listed above

    Check the box

  4. Submit



Alternate Method - works for multiple students

  1. Select the student on the PowerSchool Start Page

  2. On the bottom right next to select by hand, click the down arrow next to the Select Function

  3. If you’re backdating the Transfer and attendance has been taken for the student already 

If you get an orphaning attendance error

  1. Select the student

  2. Change meeting attendance

    From this date

    the date the student should be transferred out as of

    To this date

    Today, or the last day attendance was taken for this student

    Meetings to scan

    Select all (use the button at the bottom)

    Code(s) to scan for

    All

    Attendance code to set

    Present - this is BLANK, so no attendance records will be orphaned

    Comment 

    Student transferring out



  1. Submit

  1. Click Transfer Out of School

  2. Fill out the following information


Transfer Comment

Where is the student going. Be as descriptive as possible.

Date of Transfer

The date the student left this school.

  • Cannot be before the entry date.

  • Cannot “orphan attendance” - If attendance was already taken for the student you need to put in the day after the students last day

Exit Code

Transfer to another Passaic School - T2

Transfer to another NJ School - T4


Transfer to a school out of NJ - T8

Auto-Transfer School Options

  • If student is transferred out of the district - Keep in Current School

  • If the student is transferring to another Passaic school - Transfer to: Select the school

If more than one student is being transferred 

Click the checkbox

(usually used for siblings in the same school)

  1. Submit