public function enrollStudent($id, $grade_level) { //var_dump($user->id); $student = new Student(); $user = User::find($id); $school_id = $user->school_id; $student_id_num = $school_id * 100000; $student->user_id = $user->id; $student->student_id = $student->increment('student_id') + $student_id_num; $student->grade_level = $grade_level; $enrollment = $student->save(); return $student->student_id; }