In the schedule shown, periods Y4 and Z4 are the same exact times. We have it set up that way because periods 4-6 very for different grades due to lunch. However Y4 (juniors) and Z4 (seniors) are the same time and we schedule juniors and seniors into classes like AP Spanish, Art, Music, etc.
It's doing this to about 5% of students. I would have thought that, if it could not load a kid, it would leave unfilled requests. Instead, it's filling them but at duplicate times!
What can I do to stop PowerScheduler from doing this? I did check the times of the periods in PowerSchool, and they are all correct.
@denn333 Time does not exist in PowerScheduler. It has no idea whatsoever what time periods begin or end. Notice how there is no Bell Schedule in PowerScheduler? If you have overlapping/split periods or things like that, you will need to "trick" PowerScheduler. You will probably need to add more periods, or expand the expressions on some or some other common PowerScheduler trick to deal with this sort of thing.
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@JeffG9 Thank you so much. That's actually astonishing to me. But I appreciate the clarification.
What do you mean by
1) "add more periods"?
2) expand the expressions
3) Other tricks?
The only tricks I thought of so far:
Minimize the number of multi-grade courses during periods 4-6.
Under "Edit Section", add equivalent periods. That makes PowerScheduler behave, but then makes the class appear twice on a kid schedule. I guess if I remove the equivalents before Committing it will work.
