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--- admin:yearly_conversion [2018/08/07 08:54] – [Alternate Method] gregor
+++ admin:yearly_conversion [2026/07/08 14:17] (current) – [Preferred Method] lillie
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 This is the method for maintaining as much data from year to year as is possible.
   - **Tools / Set Grade Reference** - makes sure that the student grade level matches that of the teacher they are assigned
-  - **Tools / Delete Grade** - delete students in your oldest grade who have left the school. If any students did not get promoted, set their grade level back one grade before performing this step
   - **Tools / Promote** - increases all of the student grades by one
+  - **Tools / Delete Grade** - delete students in your oldest grade who have left the school. If any students did not get promoted, set their grade level back one grade before performing this step
   - **Tools / Unassign** - removes the classroom assignment from last year
   - **Reports / Possible Error** - go to the end of the report to the section titled Gaps in Carpool Numbers to identify unused numbers that may be used for incoming students
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     - Have them return to them either indicating all assigned or which children are missing.
   - **Students / New** - add the missing students, setting the grade, classroom, and carpool ID as appropriate
-  - - **Students / List / Unassigned** - review students who are not assigned to a classroom. Delete the unassigned students at **Tools / Delete Unassigned**
+  - **Students / List / Unassigned** - review students who are not assigned to a classroom. Delete the unassigned students at **Tools / Delete Unassigned**
   - **Reports / Possible Errors** - review the information presented in the report to ensure that none of the possible errors are actual errors
   - **Tools / Print Tags** by Classroom - print the parent tags for the new year
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 ====== Alternate Method ======
-This is the method in which all or most of the current data is removed.
+Using this method, all or the majority of current data is deleted from your school's database. It should be reloaded in bulk, similar to the process of initial data load, mentioned in this page of the wiki. Please refer back to this page to assure your school's staff and student spreadsheet data is correct and will load properly.
-  - Tools / Unassign Classroom - remove all student associations to the classrooms
-  - Tools / Delete Unassigned - removes all students from the database
+**__NOTE__:** //The following actions are permanent and cannot be undone.//
-  - Accounts / List - click the check mark at the top of the page to select all other accounts, scroll to the bottom of the page then click the //Deleted Selected// option to remove all staff accounts
-  - Reports / Parents Account List [optional] click the red X adjacent to each parent account to delete the account
+These steps must be performed by a //Local Admin// account:
-  - Follow the steps on the [[admin:checklist]] to [[admin:creating_accounts|create accounts]] and [[admin:load_data#student|load students]] ensuring that the [[admin:spreadsheet_file_format|spreadsheet file format]] is correct.
+  - Select **TOOLS** / **UNASSIGN CLASSROOM**, then on the directed web page select All [# of students] from the drop-down menu labeled "Scope to Unassign" and enter the code word provided to authorize the mass unassign
+    * This action will remove all student classroom associations and will prompt all students in your database to become members of the "Unassigned" student group
+  - Select **TOOLS** / **DELETE UNASSIGNED**, review the information to assure 100% of student records will be deleted, and enter the code word to authorize the deletion of "Unassigned" students
+    * This action will remove all students belonging to the "Unassigned" student group
+  - Select **ACCOUNTS** / **LIST**, then click the check mark in the top left corner of the table, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Delete Selected"
+    * This step will delete all of the selected staff accounts, excluding the local admin account you are currently logged into
+  - [//optional//] Select **REPORTS** / **PARENTS ACCOUNT LIST** then click the <color red>**X**</color> adjacent to each parent account to delete the account
+  - Collect relevant data for bulk loading of staff and student accounts. Review the steps on the [[admin:checklist]] to [[admin:creating_accounts|create accounts]] and [[admin:load_data#student|load students]] ensuring that the [[admin:spreadsheet_file_format|spreadsheet file format]] is correct.