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Add a field for Staff Legal name on STF

We have to use our staff's legal name for any state reporting. However, our district allow our staff members to operate with a preferred name. I am asking for a space for a staff legal name so we can use the preferred name everywhere else in the system (master schedule, portals, Staff table).

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Rhonda Dominguez shared this idea  ·   ·  Admin →
Completed  ·  AdminJan Tokorcheck (Quality Control, Aeries Software) responded  · 

Hello, this idea has been completed in the 3/21/2024 update. Here are the relevant Revision Notes:


School Info > Staff - See Staff documentation.
The following fields were added allowing a staff member's legal name and gender to be recorded. Schools can use the existing non-legal name and gender fields for the staff's preferred name and gender. These fields are not included in state reporting extracts at this time.

  • Legal Last Name (STF.LLN)
  • Legal First Name (STF.LFN)
  • Legal Middle Name (STF.LMN)
  • Legal Suffix (STF.LSF)
  • Legal Gender (STF.LGN)
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  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes!!! That way parents and students will not have trouble distinguishing between our name in Aeries and our email address. I feel like this is going to be very confusing to parents and students!

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes, I agree with having a legal name and preferred name option

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes that would be great

  • Kristy Hill commented  · 

    Preferred names should be added to promote equity and inclusion.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    The addition of a staff legal name field in Aeries will be useful.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    This would be great for all staff AND students!

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    I vote for this idea!

  • Lindsay Day commented  · 

    Yes, I vote for a preferred name in Aeries along with their legal name! That would be super helpful for parents as well with teachers who do not go by the name shown in the system.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes please. My name is hyphenated and I use the last half so it would be great if only the part I use daily would be used in staff portals and schedules.

  • Trey Vanderhule commented  · 

    Yes please on the preferred name. I don't use my legal name.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    This would be exceptionally helpful to ensure we can compile data as needed based on legal name but respect the wishes of individuals for preferred name. Based on evolving case law in this area, this may become more critical as things move forward.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes that would be great! Thank you

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Yes please. Great idea!

  • K Wasson commented  · 

    I request that we enable a legal name field for students and for staff.

  • Scott Reynolds commented  · 

    Yes, I support preferred names.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    I vote YES to add 2 fields in Aeries. One for legal name and a 2nd for preferred name.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Great idea!

  • Steve VanderArk commented  · 

    Definitely agree. We should have a preferred name field for students as well.

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