Attendance

Attendance is an incredibly important part of your student's learning experience!

Military-Related attendance procedures:

Military deployment paperwork-for military dependents, TN Law (T.C.A. §49-6-3019) allows the following for out of country deployments:

1 excused absence when the parent leaves for deployment
1 excused absence when the parent returns at the end of deployment
Up to ten (10) days excused absences when the parent is home from the deployment for Rest and Recuperation
In addition, local policy allows up to five (5) consecutive days of excused absences (either before or after the deployment) when the parent deployment is less than twelve (12) months
Military paperwork/documentation MUST be provided to the school for these to be excused.

CMCSSAttendancePolicy.pdf

Attendance Policy

The Compulsory School Attendance Law in Tennessee (TCA-49-6-3001) requires children (ages 6-17 inclusive) to attend school each day. Students who accumulate five (5) days of unexcused absences will be required to participate in a conference with their parent/legal guardian and may be referred to Juvenile Court according to the CMCSS Progressive Truancy Intervention Plan (STS-P010). The following are official or adequate excuses that should be turned in to the Attendance Secretary in the school office:

Parents or legal guardians may submit notes for students to be excused up to five (5) days per school year for any reason.
Medical note (doctor, dentist, hospital, etc.) for which the student was a patient
Court note for which the student was required to be in court
Funeral notice (obituary/funeral program of a family member)

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