Field Name	Requirements
Last Name	At a minimum the first three characters of the students last name must be entered. The system will then search the entire database for possible matches employing the search information entered. A search can be executed using less than three characters for the Last Name. In this case, the system will search the database only for students whose Last Name exactly matches the search information entered for Last Name.
Middle Name	There is no minimum character entry for the middle name field. The middle name is only functional when used in conjunction with the students last or first name or both.
First Name	At a minimum the first two characters of the students first name must be entered.

Notes:

For quicker, more precise searches, entire Last Names and First Names should be used whenever available. The middle name will not function if used with any criteria other than first and last name, for example the birth date. Searches executed using very general search criteria information may cause the search engine to hit the threshold limit.

Field Name	Requirements
Mothers Maiden Last	At a minimum, the first three characters of the Mother's Maiden Last name must be entered.
Mothers First Name	At a minimum, the first two characters of the Mother's First Name must be entered.

Notes:

The Mother's Name Search can be used independently or in conjunction with the Student Name Search. It is recommended this search only be used when incorporating at least one other set of search criteria, as system performance will suffer severely when using it by itself. If a Student Name Search is being executed then some portion of either Mother's Maiden Last, Mother's First Name, or both may be filled in along with the student name search information.

Field Name	Requirements
Birth Date	A valid date between 01/01/1880 and the current date, in the format MM/DD/CCYY, must be entered.

Notes:

The search engine will return all students whose corresponding birth dates exactly match the date entered. The Birth Date Search can be used independently, but is recommended that it only be used in conjunction with at least one other set of search criteria, such as Last Name. Reason being that typically there may be hundreds of children born on that particular day which will cause the search engine to hit the threshold limit.

Field Name	Requirements
Gender	Select one of the three radio buttons, 'M' for male, 'F' for female, or 'N/A' for not available.

Notes:

If nothing is selected, the Gender Search will always default to 'N/A'. The search engine will then execute its search using any other search criteria entered, independent of any students gender in the system. The N/A selection can also be used to search for students who have no specific gender selected, which would mean they have 'Unknown' selected as their gender.

Field Name	Requirements
Phone Number	A valid seven-digit Phone Number must be entered, broken down by the second and third information fields after Phone.

Notes:

The search engine will only return students whose corresponding Responsible Person's Phone Number exactly matches the Phone Number entered. An Area Code can be entered in the first information field after Phone as an additional means to narrow the search, but is never required. The Phone Number Search can be used independently or in conjunction with other search criteria.

Button	Description
	After the  Find  button is clicked and the student search within the database is finished, one of three results will occur as described below.