Parent Communication Service "tetoru" to Offer New "Absence Contact Customization" Feature, Allowing Schools to Set Absence Reporting Items, Starting from FY2026
Classi Inc. will launch a new "Absence Contact Customization" feature for its parent communication service "tetoru" from April 2026, enabling schools to freely set absence reporting categories and reasons. This aims to streamline teachers' confirmation tasks and reduce the burden of communication for parents.
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Classi Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Akira Takeoka), which operates the SchoolTech business, announced that it will begin offering a new feature called "Absence Contact Customization" for its parent communication service "tetoru" starting in April 2026. This new feature allows schools to freely set the types and reasons for absence notifications.
This function will enable schools to accept absence notifications tailored to their specific circumstances, such as club activities, pool visits, and school bus usage, in addition to the conventional (during school commute) "absence contact." It also supports the addition, editing, and deletion of absence reasons, making it smoother to collect information required by schools, contributing to both the efficiency of teachers' confirmation work and the reduction of communication burden for parents.
## Background
In schools, amidst demands for reducing teachers' workload and promoting school DX (Digital Transformation), initiatives to digitally receive absence notifications from parents are expanding. tetoru has also supported the digitalization of communication between schools and parents by providing its absence contact function free of charge since 2022.
Against this backdrop, schools have expressed a need to receive various types of communication from parents in different aspects of school life, such as club activities, pool visits, and school bus availability, in addition to daily attendance absence notifications. Given that absence reason management methods and necessary communication items vary by school, tetoru has further expanded its existing absence contact function to realize more flexible operations tailored to each school's actual situation, developing the new "Absence Contact Customization" feature that allows schools to set communication items and absence reasons individually.
## What is the new "Absence Contact Customization" feature?
"Absence Contact Customization" is a feature that allows schools to flexibly set the types and reasons for absence notifications. In addition to the existing basic "absence contact" function, it enables more detailed categories to be set for participation/absence activities, status, and reasons.
### Main Features
**① Addition of Absence Contact Types (Customization of Activity Content)**
According to school operations, not only daily attendance but also contacts regarding club activities and school events can be centrally managed as absence/participation contacts on tetoru.
**Examples:**
* Daily attendance
* Club activities
* Pool visits
* Availability of return school bus
**② Customization of Absence Reasons**
Schools can also freely set absence reasons, allowing for flexible settings tailored to each school's operations, such as setting items similar to the absence reasons used in school administration systems.
* Add absence reasons
* Edit absence reasons
* Delete unnecessary reasons
## Benefits for Teachers
* Absence notifications for club activities and school activities can be centrally managed on tetoru.
* Absence reasons can be set according to school operations, making it easier to organize and understand absence statuses.
* Setting the same absence reasons as the school administration system enables smoother information organization.
## Benefits for Parents
* Absence notifications for not only attendance but also club activities and school life can be easily sent from the app.
* Communication is completed smoothly without confusion by simply entering information according to the items set by each school.
* The burden of absence notifications via phone calls can be reduced.
This function will enable schools to accept absence notifications tailored to their specific circumstances, such as club activities, pool visits, and school bus usage, in addition to the conventional (during school commute) "absence contact." It also supports the addition, editing, and deletion of absence reasons, making it smoother to collect information required by schools, contributing to both the efficiency of teachers' confirmation work and the reduction of communication burden for parents.
## Background
In schools, amidst demands for reducing teachers' workload and promoting school DX (Digital Transformation), initiatives to digitally receive absence notifications from parents are expanding. tetoru has also supported the digitalization of communication between schools and parents by providing its absence contact function free of charge since 2022.
Against this backdrop, schools have expressed a need to receive various types of communication from parents in different aspects of school life, such as club activities, pool visits, and school bus availability, in addition to daily attendance absence notifications. Given that absence reason management methods and necessary communication items vary by school, tetoru has further expanded its existing absence contact function to realize more flexible operations tailored to each school's actual situation, developing the new "Absence Contact Customization" feature that allows schools to set communication items and absence reasons individually.
## What is the new "Absence Contact Customization" feature?
"Absence Contact Customization" is a feature that allows schools to flexibly set the types and reasons for absence notifications. In addition to the existing basic "absence contact" function, it enables more detailed categories to be set for participation/absence activities, status, and reasons.
### Main Features
**① Addition of Absence Contact Types (Customization of Activity Content)**
According to school operations, not only daily attendance but also contacts regarding club activities and school events can be centrally managed as absence/participation contacts on tetoru.
**Examples:**
* Daily attendance
* Club activities
* Pool visits
* Availability of return school bus
**② Customization of Absence Reasons**
Schools can also freely set absence reasons, allowing for flexible settings tailored to each school's operations, such as setting items similar to the absence reasons used in school administration systems.
* Add absence reasons
* Edit absence reasons
* Delete unnecessary reasons
## Benefits for Teachers
* Absence notifications for club activities and school activities can be centrally managed on tetoru.
* Absence reasons can be set according to school operations, making it easier to organize and understand absence statuses.
* Setting the same absence reasons as the school administration system enables smoother information organization.
## Benefits for Parents
* Absence notifications for not only attendance but also club activities and school life can be easily sent from the app.
* Communication is completed smoothly without confusion by simply entering information according to the items set by each school.
* The burden of absence notifications via phone calls can be reduced.