Attendance Classification Chart > Attendance Program > Attendance Procedures
Truancies and Uncleared Absences
| Absence |
Examples |
Procedures for Parent |
Make-up Work |
| EXCUSED |
- Illness/injury
- Medical Appointments
- Funeral (immediate family)
- Jury Duty (18-yr. old)
- Exclusion
- Approved school activity
- Quarantine
|
Note or phone call
AT TIME OF OR FOLLOWING |
Student allowed to complete work with full credit |
| WARRANTED |
- Court
- Verified family emergency
- Religious activity
- Essential family travel
- Job interview
- Funeral (not family)
- Community disaster
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WRITTEN NOTE IN ADVANCE
Except in case of Emergency |
Student allowed to complete work with full credit |
| UNEXCUSED |
Absence due to carelessness (oversleeping, out-of-gas, shopping, missed bus, driving test, personal, working, etc.) |
Note or phone call AT TIME OF OR FOLLOWING ABSENCE |
Teacher discretion on make-up work |
| UNVERIFIED |
Reason for absence has not been verified |
Note or phone call AT TIME OF OR FOLLOWING ABSENCE |
Teacher discretion on make-up work |
| SUSPENSION |
Absence due to class, in-school, or out of school suspension |
|
Teacher discretion on make-up work |
| TRUANT |
Absence intentionally and deliberately failed to report without reasonable cause |
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NO MAKE-UP WORK SHALL BE PERMITTED |
ATTENDANCE PROGRAM
An absence reduction program continues in effect for all students. There are four levels based on the total number of absences from a class. School suspensions and Opportunity Room placements also count as an absence; school activities do not.
LEVEL 1 (5 absences) - Parent notified by phone (computer call).
LEVEL 2 (8 absences) - Parent contacted by teacher.
LEVEL 3 (11 absences) - Parent contacted by counselor.
LEVEL 4 (15 absences) - Student's grade becomes an "F," unless an appeal is filed in writing within 5 school days, is heard and granted by the School Attendance Committee.
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
When students are absent from school, a parent or guardian should call the Attendance Office
(297-3900 / extensions 2401 or 2402) on the day of the absence giving the reason for the absence
(see ABSENCE CLASSIFICATION CHART). If it is impossible to call, students must bring an absence note (in ink) signed by a parent or guardian when they return to school. The note should state the student's full name, the date(s) and reason for absence. If an absence is not cleared within 3 days, students become liable for disciplinary consequences.
TRUANCIES and UNCLEARED ABSENCES
A period truancy/uncleared absence is defined as being more than 10 minutes late to class without proper clearance. Teachers may assign detention for uncleared or truant absences. One Saturday Opportunity Class (S.O.C.) is assigned by the Assistant Principal after every six uncleared/truant period absences. Two Saturday Opportunity Classes are assigned after twelve uncleared / truant absences. Any further truancies may result in referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB).
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