Connecting Parents
to
Fulton County Schools
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What is Home Access Center?
◦ Web site that will replace Parent Connect
◦ Allows parents and students to view data including:
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Student Registration
Report Card
Attendance
Discipline
Transcript (course history)
Course Requests (implemented in Spring 2011)
In progress grades
 Class work (assignments, tests etc.)
 Student Schedule
 Testing Information (CRCT, ITBS etc.)
◦ All data is ‘real-time’ as teachers and administrators
input data into the school district's database
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Parents will be assigned a network login for access to
the Parent Portal.
Parents can request consolidation of all students in
the household into a single login.
Logins and passwords available for parents at child’s
school (must present photo ID to pick up login)
Passwords may be changed inside Home Access
Center (coming soon – forgotten password reset
utility)
Home Access is just one of the options that will be
available for Parents and Students coming soon!
Location of Home Access:
◦ Fulton County Schools Website:
 www.fultonschools.org
◦ Click on the Parents icon
◦ This brings up the Parent Community Page
Parents:
Click on the
Home Access
Center icon
on the left
to access the
website login
page
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Parents with one student will access the Daily
Summary page first
If you have more than one student you will
access this page when you click on the link
(name) of one of your children
Summary Page Shows:
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Today’s Attendance
Today’s Schedule
Discipline Incidents for this Week
Student’s Assignments for this Week
Initial Home Access Page
for parents with two or more Students;
Click a Student Name to view that child’s data;
To change student view at any time
Click on ‘My Students’ from menu item and select
another student
Daily Summary Page
Click on Other Tabs for Detailed Information
Teacher note
indicator
Student Schedule
Teachers may add notes for the class or just your
student as well as attach documents related
to the course/assignment
Absences are Color Coded and the date on the calendar
is colored if an attendance event was recorded.
Hold the mouse cursor over a day to display
detailed absence information
This window is a ‘pop-up’
Make sure you allow pop-ups in
your Internet settings
Discipline summary page
Click on an Incident link to view the details; no
individual names are shown on the website
Classwork Information
Choose a Class to view then click Refresh View
Report card view will be available in this area
after the first grading period in Fall 2010
Unofficial Student Transcript
Transcripts on the website available after the
beginning of the school year *
* Students in Grades 06 and 09 will have Transcript data at the end of Semester 1
Student Test Scores
All Test History available on this tab
Edit e-mail address
Registration Information
Edit e-mail address; FERPA preferences are
updated on the student account
Sign up for Email alerts; real-time notifications
Parent must have a valid email address in parent profile;
Email alert settings can differ between siblings if desired
Attendance Emails
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Discipline Emails
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Parents will receive an
alert in the morning if
their child is absent in
the first two periods of
the day!
Parents will receive
alerts multiple times
during the week if
events are posted and
information is updated
Report Card Emails
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Gradebook Emails
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Parents will receive
notification of report
card and progress
reports that indicate
marks posted.
All gradebook changes
will be reflected in
alerts, for example test
scores posted, missing
assignments. These
notifications will help
keep parents up to
date.
Must enter Old Password (current)
Then enter New Password
Then enter New Password (again)
Click on Change
Parents: To Change Password
Click on My Profile to open dialog box
Input required values
To exit Home Access Center:
Click on ‘Exit’ menu item
Click OK at exit prompt
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Must present photo ID to receive a login and
password
Request single entry for all children in the
household (initially may have one login per student)
Home Access Internet website:
www.fultonschools.org
◦ Click on Parent icon on FCS website.
◦ Click on Parent Login and then
◦ Click on Home Access Center icon
Click on tabs within the website to see related data
To Exit click on ‘Exit’ menu item, click ‘OK’ then
close your Internet browser window
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Documentation about the website data
elements will be available on the Parent
Community Page after the website becomes
active
If you have problems with your login and/or
password please contact the school to receive
assistance
◦ Password reset application coming soon and
parents will be able to reset their passwords
without contacting the site!
 Most Internet browsers are compatible with this website
eSchoolPLUS Student Information System