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What should I do if I am unsure how to proceed?
In the event you have any questions or are unsure how to proceed before or during this process, it is recommended that you contact your District's point of contact (POC) for this application. If the District's POC has questions or needs assistance, they should contact MCS Support for assistance.
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Remove Inactive Items
Step 1 - Login to Newton
Step 2 - Open the Items Section
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- From the Administration and Maintenance tab,
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Step 3 - Remove Inactive Items
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- locate Item in the ribbon. Then, select Items.
- Place a checkmark in the Inactive column next to the item to be removed.
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- Click Ok to save the changes.
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- Then, click Ok.
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Inactiviate Menus
Step 1 - Open the Menus Section
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If you remove any menus, be sure to check Administrative and Maintenance → Menu → Menu Configurations to make sure that valid breakfast and lunch menus exist. |
- From the Administration and Maintenance tab,
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Step 2 - Select the Inactive Menus
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- locate Menu in the ribbon. Then, select Menus.
- Select the menu that needs to be inactivated from the list and click Edit.
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- In the Edit Menu window, check the Inactive box. Then,
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- click Ok.
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- The menu should now be marked as inactive.
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- Click Close.
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Run the End of Year Process
Step 1 - Open the End of Year Process
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- From the Utilities tab,
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- lcoate Advanced in the ribbon. Then, select End of Year
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- Establish End of Year
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- criteria.
- Clear Negative Balances - Changes all balances that are negative to a zero balance. The student will start the new year with a zero balance.
- Clear Positive Balances - Changes all balances that are positive or greater than zero to a zero balance. The student will start the new year with a zero balance.
- Clear cafeteria-specific see-manager comments - Clears all See-Manager comments relative to a Cafeteria.
- Clear district-wide see-manager comments - Clears all See-Manager comments in the District.
- Perform housekeeping - This item should remain selected unless the District is instructed to deselect this by an MCS Support Representative. MCS remote authorization will need to be obtained to continue without selecting this option.
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- When you have completed any changes, you must check the box verifying you have read the end-of-year instructions
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Step 3 - Start the Process
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- . Note that there is no undo available once these processes have completed. Click Ok.
- You will see a number of processes
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- running run while End of Year attempts to complete.
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- Once the End of Year
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- process has completed, a window will appear notifying you if the process was successful. Click Ok to exit the program.
The End of Year processes for Newton are now complete and you are ready to start the new school year. With the continued synchronizations with DataCenter, all newly enrolled students and updates to student accounts will continue to automatically populate the Newton POS system.