@RenderMapping(params = "action=enterAlert")
  public ModelAndView showForm(
      final PortletRequest req,
      @RequestParam(required = false) final String schoolId,
      @RequestParam(required = false) final String formattedCourse,
      @RequestParam(required = false) final String studentUserName,
      @RequestParam(required = false) final String sectionCode,
      @RequestParam(required = false) final String termCode,
      ModelMap model) {
    // Do not use a @ModelAttribute-annotated argument to get the user
    // out of the model b/c Spring will attempt to set properties on it
    // by matching up request param names. This will overwrite user.schoolId
    // with the method param of that name, effectively copying the student's
    // school ID into the faculty user's record.
    if (!StringUtils.isNotBlank(schoolId) && !StringUtils.isNotBlank(studentUserName)) {
      throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException("Missing student identifier.");
    }

    if (!StringUtils.isNotBlank(formattedCourse) && !StringUtils.isNotBlank(sectionCode)) {
      throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException("Missing course identifier/s.");
    }
    Person user = (Person) model.get("user");
    if (user == null) {
      throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
          "Missing or deactivated account for current user.");
    }
    FacultyCourse course = null;
    Person student = null;
    ExternalFacultyCourseRoster enrollment = null;
    try {
      // Should really always have a term code (see deprecation notes for
      // getCourseByFacultySchoolIdAndFormattedCourse) but we know at
      // least one real-world deployment (SPC) cannot/does not send term
      // codes when deep linking to the EA form *and* this just happens to
      // work b/c their formattedCourse values are globally unique. So
      // we preserve the option of not filtering by term code.
      course =
          facultyCourseService.getCourseBySearchFacultyCourseTO(
              new SearchFacultyCourseTO(
                  user.getSchoolId(), termCode, sectionCode, formattedCourse));

      if (course == null) {
        throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
            buildErrorMesssage(
                "Course not found or current user is not listed as the instructor of record:",
                user.getSchoolId(),
                schoolId,
                studentUserName,
                formattedCourse,
                termCode,
                sectionCode));
      }

      /*
       * NB:  It's on us to translate from schoolId <-> studentId (SSP
       * UUID) at this point in the Early Alert process.  Previous APIs
       * user the former where following APIs use the later.
       */
      if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(schoolId)) {
        try {
          student = personService.getBySchoolId(schoolId, true); // TODO:  Handle error better??
          if (student == null) {
            throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
                "Student not found by school ID: " + schoolId);
          }
        } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
          throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
              "Student not found by school ID: " + schoolId, e);
        }
      } else {
        try {
          student = personService.getByUsername(studentUserName, true);
          if (student == null) {
            throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
                "Student not found by username: "******"Student not found by username: "******"Selected student has no school ID. Username: "******"Enrollment not found for: ",
                user.getSchoolId(),
                student.getSchoolId(),
                student.getUsername(),
                formattedCourse,
                termCode,
                sectionCode));
      }
    } catch (EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException e) {
      throw e;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          buildErrorMesssage(
              "System error looking up course or enrollment for: ",
              user.getSchoolId(),
              student == null ? schoolId : student.getSchoolId(),
              student == null ? studentUserName : student.getUsername(),
              formattedCourse,
              termCode,
              sectionCode),
          e);
    }
    /*
     *  SANITY CHECK (is this even necessary?  wanted?)
     *    - Confirm that the logged in user is the faculty of record on the
     *      course
     */
    if (!course.getFacultySchoolId().equals(user.getSchoolId())) {
      throw new EarlyAlertPortletControllerRuntimeException(
          buildErrorMesssage(
              "Current user is not listed as the instructor of record on the specified course: ",
              user.getSchoolId(),
              student.getSchoolId(),
              student.getUsername(),
              formattedCourse,
              termCode,
              sectionCode));
    }

    EarlyAlertSearchForm form = new EarlyAlertSearchForm();
    form.setAuthor(user);
    form.setStudent(student);

    form.setSortAndPage(buildSortAndPage(-1, 0));
    PagedResponse<EarlyAlertSearchResultTO> results = earlyAlertService.searchEarlyAlert(form);

    model.put(KEY_STUDENT_ID, student.getId()); // Student UUID
    model.put(KEY_COURSE, course);
    model.put(KEY_ENROLLMENT, enrollment);
    model.put(KEY_EARLY_ALERT_RESULTS, results.getRows());
    try {
      Term term = termService.getByCode(course.getTermCode());
      model.put(KEY_COURSE_TERM_NAME, term.getName());
    } catch (Exception exp) {
      model.put(KEY_COURSE_TERM_NAME, course.getTermCode());
    }

    return new ModelAndView("ea-form", model);
  }