DETENTION SCHEDULING & ATTENDANCE
Detention management eats hours of your staff’s time. Assigning it, telling families, checking who turned up, chasing who didn’t. Minga does it all for you, digitally and automatically, from consequence to completion.
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How Detention Management Works in Minga
From consequence to completion, every step runs in one place. Most of them happen without anyone lifting a finger.
Step 01 of 05
Build your detention schedule
Admins create recurring detention periods once. Capacity limits and blackout dates are set and will automatically manage themselves.
Step 02 of 05
Your policy assigns the detention automatically
When a student reaches a threshold for detention in your progressive discipline policy, Minga assigns the detention automatically. Same rule, every classroom.
Step 03 of 05
Minga enrolls students in available detention sessions
Minga puts the student in the next available detention that has space and fits the consequence they were assigned: whether that’s lunch or after school, etc.
Step 04 of 05
Detention attendance takes care of itself
Attendance is taken automatically when students check in, either by scanning their ID, typing their ID number, or by a teacher in My Class. Then, the detention is marked as complete and closed out on its own.
Step 05 of 05
No shows are re-enrolled & escalated automatically
Missed detention? Minga re-enrolls students in the next available session. If the detention still isn’t served in time, your next consequence, like ISS, is assigned automatically.
See it in action
Scheduling, enrollment, parent notifications, check-in, and follow-up on no-shows all happen in the same place the consequence started. Every step follows your discipline policy automatically.
Detentions are also handled the same way in every classroom, and records stay accurate without anyone updating them by hand.
Every Step of the Detention Process, Automated & in One Place
Digital detention slips
Every detention is a digital record tied to the behavior that caused it. No paper copies to file or spreadsheets to update.
Detention scheduling
Admins set up recurring detention periods by date range, day, time, location, and supervisor.
Capacity limits
Each detention period has a capacity limit, managed automatically so no one has to keep track.
Detention types
Set up the detention periods your school runs: lunch, after school, Saturday school, and manage detention assignments by type.
Blackout dates
No need to manually adjust detentions over holidays. Minga automatically reschedules and re-enrolls students.
In-school suspension
One consequence can include multiple scheduled detentions, each with its own due date and escalation to help run ISS.
Parent notifications
Parents are kept in the loop automatically so no one needs to phone home.
Detention attendance
Minga takes attendance as students check in, and the detention is marked complete when it is served.
The Difference
Paper Detention Slips Create Work. Minga Removes It.
Detentions usually come with a trail of follow-up. Here’s what that trail looks like, and what happens when it disappears, with Minga.
| Paper Slips |
Minga
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|---|---|
| 6 manual tasks for every single detention | 0 manual steps for staff, everything runs automatically |
| Teachers fill out slips by hand | Assigned automatically by your policy |
| Someone checks a spreadsheet for open seats | Enrolled in the next session with room |
| Slips go home in a backpack. Maybe. | Parents notified by email instantly |
| Paper sign-in sheets, typed up later | Students check in to the session |
| No-shows depend on someone noticing | Re-enrolled, then escalated automatically |
| Records updated by hand, if at all | Marked complete automatically |
FAQs – Student Detention Management
A detention slip is a notice telling a student, and usually their parents, that a detention has been assigned. It typically lists the reason, date, time, and location. Minga replaces the paper slip with a digital record, and parents get an email with the details as soon as their student is enrolled in a session.
Most schools manage detention with paper slips, a spreadsheet of open sessions, and phone calls home. Minga brings the full process into one place. Detentions are assigned by your progressive discipline policy, students are enrolled in available detention sessions automatically, parents are notified, and records update when the detention is served.
In Minga, admins set up recurring detention periods by date range, day, time, location, supervisor, and capacity, with blackout dates for days that don’t work. When a scheduled detention is assigned, the student is enrolled in the earliest session with capacity. Scheduled detentions are included in Minga Plus and Premium.
Students check in to their detention session in Minga, so supervisors can see who is registered and who is actually there. Once a detention is served, it is automatically marked as complete. There is no sign-in sheet to collect or type up later.
With Minga, a student who misses a scheduled detention is automatically re-enrolled in the next available session. You can set how many chances students get to serve their detention before the consequence escalates. If the detention still isn’t completed within its window or the threshold of opportunities has been met, Minga assigns the next consequence in your progressive discipline policy, such as in-school suspension (ISS).
When an open detention is assigned as a consequence, the “when” and “where” are managed outside of Minga. Open detentions are included in Minga Basic. With scheduled detentions, the entire detention process is managed in Minga. Build your detention schedule, set capacity and blackout dates, and Minga handles the rest. When detention is assigned as a consequence, Minga automatically enrolls students in the next available session. Scheduled detentions are included in Minga Plus and Premium.
Many schools use a sequence of detentions for serious or repeated behavior instead of ISS. With Minga multi-detentions, one consequence can include several scheduled detentions, each with its own due date and escalation. The sequence runs on its own, and parents get one email covering the whole consequence.
Yes. Detention periods can be set up for whenever your school runs them, including lunch, before school, after school, and Saturday school. Each period has its own time, location, supervisor, and capacity, and students are enrolled in whichever sessions match the detention they were assigned.
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