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Students need to be in school every day. Regular attendance is essential to the learning process. In addition, students who are absent from school are deprived of a variety of educational experiences shared with their peers. Students can make up the work missed due to absence upon their return to school. However, there is no way to reproduce or recapture classroom activities.
Absence Procedures
Absence Procedures
The Cabarrus County School Board has defined the following absences as lawful: illness or injury; quarantine; medical or dental appointments; death in the immediate family; court or administrative proceedings; religious observances; educational opportunities.
When a student must miss school, an excuse from a parent or guardian must be presented to the teacher within two school days of the student’s return after an absence.
Absences due to extended illnesses or after accumulating more than ten (10) absences require a statement from a physician. Notes/statements from a physician may require verification by school staff.
For an absence to be considered excused, a parent must supply one of the following within 2 days of the absence:
written note/doctor's note
email
Charles E. Boger Elementary Absence Excuse Form (access online)
A student must be in attendance more than one-half of the school day before he or she can be counted present for that day. This would mean that a child would need to stay in school until 11:38 AM to be counted as present for the day.
For extended absences, please contact your child's teacher to make these arrangements.
Please notify the school if your child has a contagious disease or an extended illness.
Request for Prior Approval of Absences
Request for Prior Approval of Absences
We ask that you plan your vacations and travel during times when school is not in session; however, if it is necessary for your child to miss school for these reasons, you should complete a Request for Prior Approval of Absences form (for an educational opportunity). For your convenience you may click on the link above to access the form. You can also access it directly from our school webpage.
We ask that you complete this form two weeks prior to the absence(s). The principal will determine if the absence(s) will be excused according to the criteria outlined on the form, as well as prior attendance record.
If approval is given for an educational opportunity, the student will be required to make up all work missed during the absences.
Extended visits to other Countries: CCS Board policy only permits us to excuse up to 5 days for an educational opportunity due to travel/vacation. We cannot excuse more than 5 days. If your student is visiting another Country and will miss more than the 5 days, we will have to consider the instructional impact. If a student is struggling academically and has extended absences, this could be a cause for a possible retention in the grade level at the end of the year. Students must attend school to ensure that they are meeting academic expectations for their grade level.
Approvals for Educational Opportunities will not be approved during State Testing dates.
**See the complete Cabarrus County Schools attendance policy for further details.
Tardy Procedures
Tardy Procedures
Students should arrive at school on time. When a Cabarrus County bus is late and students ride that bus, they are not counted as tardy.
If a student arrives by car at the 8:15 bell, both the parent and the student must come to the office and sign in. A tardy slip will be issued at this time.
All tardies and early checkouts from school will be recorded and tracked and listed on the student’s report card under the heading of Tardies. Excessive tardies (and checkouts) may result in a referral to the school social worker.
In order to be counted present for the day, your child must be here at school by 11:38 am.
If it is necessary to take your child out of school early, please do so before 2:15 PM. As a rule, parents are not allowed to checkout students after 2:15. By doing this we can avoid the congestion of traffic and classroom disruptions during the critical last half hour of the day when students and teachers are summarizing their day’s work and planning for the next day.
Withdrawal Procedures
Withdrawal Procedures
Parents who are planning on moving or changing schools should notify the office at least a week in advance if they intend to withdraw their child from Boger Elementary.
All instructional materials (supplied by CEBES), technology and library books should be returned and all fees paid prior to withdrawal.
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