The first screen after sign-in is built around the questions a principal is asked between the gate and the office: who is absent, what is still owed, which exams are due this week. It answers them for the day you are standing in, not for a rolling average that hides a bad Monday.
Built for the morning, not the month
Attendance shows this morning's marking, class by class, so an unmarked register is visible while there is still time to chase it. Strength, collection and upcoming exams sit beside it. A month-to-date figure would be tidier and would tell you nothing about today.
Every tile is a way in
The numbers are not decoration. The absentee count opens the list of who is absent; the outstanding figure opens the defaulters; the exam tile opens the schedule. Nothing sends you back to the menu to find the screen you were just reading about.
Honest about the free months
While the school is inside its free months, a banner counts the time down and warns before it ends. It does not appear on the last day asking for a card.