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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. (CCS Board Policy linked here.)
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
Hickory Ridge 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 11:40 AM to be counted as present for the day.
For extended absences, please contact your child's teacher to make these arrangements for assignments.
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 may pick up a Request for Prior Approval of Absences form in the front office (for an educational opportunity). For your convenience you may click on the link above to access the form and print it off at home.
We ask that you complete this form and return it to our data manager, Mary Glennon, in the office 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 and submit a product on what he/she learned and experiences. Examples of a product include: journal entries, PowerPoint/slide presentation, project board, scrapbook, written report, etc. The project should be given to your child's teacher upon return from the educational opportunity (within a week).
**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 after the 8:13 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 11:40am.
If it is necessary to take your child out of school early, please do so before 2:30 PM. As a rule, parents are not allowed to checkout students after 2:30. 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 Hickory Ridge.
All instructional materials (supplied by HRES), technology and library books should be returned and all fees paid prior to withdrawal.
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