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[Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello. To be brief I am working on a configuration for training facility
> with high emphasiz on roster and very dynamic courses. The dynamics lies
> in the fact the sections does not share start and end date, neither are
> students assessed concurrently. (Yes, the teachers even managed this
> discursive working style.) In fact a new section is established every
> time when there is a new class of student. Consider each class only have
> less than 6 student, classes are created highly dynamically.
>
> If I got it right, in School tool the section start and end date align
> with courses which in turn align with terms. I can think of a few
> approaches:
>
>   1. Create multiple terms to hold such sections. This is a dead-end
>      because terms cannot overlap.
>   2. Ignore the problem. Manually keep a separate note of sector start
>      / end date, only maintain roster on sectors' schooldays.
>   3. Modify section to allow it contain start / end date, to be added
>      to potential coding level customization list to be collected
>      together for review later.

Hi,

Sorry for the slightly slow response...

I don't think it would be particularly difficult for us to change the
code to handle this case more cleanly.  Do you have terms or years at
all at your school or is the concept irrelevant?

--Tom