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Turning a feature on at district level affects the district itself. It does NOT reach your schools unless you also apply it to everything beneath. This one distinction accounts for most 'I turned it on and nothing happened' reports.
Separately from turning something on, you can lock it so an individual school cannot change it. Use this for policy, not for preference — a locked setting is invisible work for the school admin who cannot see why they are stuck.
Check every school is where you expect it before you apply anything district-wide.
Reporting and oversight
Find the schools with the highest share of unreachable families — bad phone numbers and bounced email are the usual cause.
Open balances and past-due totals can be seen for every school with payments enabled.
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