Attendance
Consistent and punctual attendance is essential to student learning and academic success. For more information, please contact your school principal or refer to Board Policy 431.
Reporting an Absence or Tardy
If your child is sick or will be late, please call the school office before 8:30 a.m. at 761-3020.
Types of Absences
- Parent-Excused Absences: Parents may excuse their child for up to 10 days per school year for any reason (vacations, family events, appointments without a medical note)
- Tardy: Students arriving between 8:05–8:15 a.m. are marked tardy.
- School-Excused: Illness without a medical note
- Medical-Excused: Absences with a doctor’s or dentist’s note
- Unexcused: No notification to the school office or no absence request submitted in Infinite Campus
Truancy
- A student is considered truant with one or more unexcused absences.
- Parents will be notified, and consequences are determined by the principal.
- Truancy tickets may be issued by the School Resource Officer.
Habitual Truancy
- A student with 5 or more unexcused absences in a semester is considered a habitual truant.
- Parents will be notified by certified or registered mail.
- Open enrollment students identified as habitual truants may not be allowed to return the following year.
Attendance Letters
- Parents receive a letter at 5 days of absences as an informational notice.
- A letter is sent at 10 parent-excused days, which is more serious and requires a meeting with the principal.
