Attendance Policy
Attendance
You are responsible for attending school each day of your enrollment (180
days a school year) unless you are ill, or have a doctor or dental
appointment or court appearance.
Studies show that there is a direct correlation between good school
attendance and student achievement; therefore, we encourage you as
students to understand the importance of good school attendance and
to make every effort to attend school daily.
Excused
Absence
Your absence from school or class shall be considered excused for
apportionment purposes for the following reasons:
Illness.
Quarantine
under the direction of a county or city health office.
Having
medical, dental or optometric services rendered.
Attending
funeral services of a member of the student’s immediate
family.
Extended
Absence Requiring Homework
If your absence will exceed two days, you (or your parent) should
contact the school office telling them your name, grade, and the
anticipated day of return. During the call, request homework, which
may be picked up after school the following day. Arrange to deliver
your completed and properly identified homework (be sure to include
teacher’s name and period) and pick up additional assignments as
the absence continues.
Absence
Requiring Early Dismissal
When it is necessary for you to leave school early for a medical
appointment or other reasons, you must bring a note — signed and
dated by a parent or guardian — stating what time you need to be
dismissed and for what reason. The teacher from whose classroom you
will be dismissed will send you to the office at the required time.
Your parent must sign you out for early dismissal. You may leave
only when a parent, or person on the emergency card, with proper ID
comes to the office to take you out, unless otherwise determined by
an administrator.
Absence
Procedures
If your parent has not called the school to excuse your absence before
you return to school, you must bring a note with this important
information:
- Date
note is written
- Your
name (first and last)
- Day,
date, and period(s) of absence if not a full day
- Reason
for absence
- FULL
signature of parent or guardian
Give the note to your homeroom teacher upon your return to school.
Tardy
Policy
It is very important that you be on time every day. The school and
teachers enforce consequences for being late to school or class.
Students who are tardy to any class period will be disciplined under
the teacher/team discipline ladder. After being tardy three times to
a class period, students will be referred to administration. Students
who continue to be tardy will receive stricter consequences.
Truancy
Policy
If you cut classes, you will be expected to make up the missed class
time by serving after-school detention or campus beautification.
Your parents will be notified when you have been truant. Please note
that arriving thirty or more minutes late for first period also
constitutes a period cut. Repeated truancies of tardiness and/or
truancies from class or school will result in students being placed
on a contract and referral to School Attendance Review Board
(SARB).
Student
Passes
When it is necessary for you to be out of class, you must have a WRITTEN
pass that is signed and dated by a staff member. All other types of
passes are unacceptable. It is your responsibility to have an
appropriate pass. Your agenda has a student pass section included.
You should carry your
agenda with you at all times.
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