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Feel free to review the attendance flyer HERE. If you still have questions, please contact the CMHS front office.
REPORT AN ABSENCE
REPORT AN ABSENCE
Here is a quick "how-to" link for entering your student's absence request. How to enter an absence electronically. Only parents will be able to request excused absences, so please keep those passwords secured.
Check it out! This is the link to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
The attendance office can be reached directly at (719) 630-4110.
If your student is sick and you have questions if they should come to school please refer to this "How Sick is To Sick" document.
Request to Leave Campus During ACCESS
Request to Leave Campus During ACCESS
All absence requests, including Wednesdays' and Thursdays' ACCESS period, will be taken through the Portal.
If a parent wishes to sign their 9th/10th grade student out of school during ACCESS time, they must enter the student’s absence request by selecting "More" and then "Absence Request" via the link to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
A few quick important notes:
Each request is not automated and must be input by a staff member. Due to the amount of requests through the portal, requests to leave for ACCESS will not be processed between 1:45 pm-2:30 pm on the ACCESS days.
Use only the time of 2:10 pm to excuse your student for Access.
If your 9th/10th grade child has ACCESS that immediately follows lunch, they may be checked out at 1:25pm. Otherwise a parent must come to the attendance window to sign them at lunchtime.
Submit your requests before noon for the fastest check out by your student.
You can now requests for multiple days, a few weeks, or even the rest of the semester. Please make sure to just submit for the dates you are sure that you want them excused from campus. A separate request must be submitted for each individual date.
Leaving Campus During School Hours
In order for a student to be excused for an appointment, he/she must check out through the attendance office. Please call or email the attendance office in advance of the appointment, so the student may stop by to pick up their pass in order to leave class early. Parents waiting on students to be pulled out of class without a pass to leave may have an extended wait time.CMHS is a closed campus for 9th and 10th grade students. If they need to leave during lunch, a parent must come to window to sign them out as well as complete an absence request.
Pre-Arranged Absence Forms process:
- Click the "Pre-Arranged Absence Form", and print.
- Once printed, a parent/guardian must sign the form.
- Next, it is the student's responsibility to talk to each teacher and obtain their signature
- Return the form to the attendance office 48 hours (school days) prior to the absence with all signatures completed.
STUDENT ABSENCES AND EXCUSES
BOE Policy: JHSTUDENT ABSENCES AND EXCUSES
One criteria of a student’s success in high school is daily attendance. Frequent absences often lead to poor academic performance and failure. No single factor can interfere with a student’s achievement more quickly than frequent tardies or absences.
THE STUDENT: Responsibility for attending class lies with the student. The attendance policy is not intended to be punitive in nature. It does, however, emphasize that students are responsible for their own actions and behaviors. Students are expected to attend class unless they are ill, have a medical appointment (documentation from a doctor may be required), experience a family emergency, or have administrative approval to be absent.
THE PARENT: Any time a student is absent, the parent must call the school attendance office at 719-630-4110 before 3:15 p.m. on the day of the absence. Parents may contact attendance 24 hours a day by email cmhsattendance@cmsd12.org or leave a voicemail at 719-630-4110. If a call is not possible, the student may bring a note from the parent to the attendance office before class starts on the day the student returns to school.
If an absence is not cleared within 48 hours with a phone call or note, the absence will be considered unexcused. All medical documentation must be provided within 48 hours for absences to be recorded as medical. Attendance Phone Line: 719-630-4110Attendance/Nurse Fax Line: 719-448-0132
Parents may not excuse a student who has missed a class while remaining on campus.
THE TEACHER: When a student’s absences (whether excused or unexcused) adversely impact his/her grade in class, the classroom teacher will talk with the student and phone the parent to inform them of the concern. Parent contacts are recognized as an important intervention tool when working with students and attendance issues.
THE ADMINISTRATION: When teacher contacts have not changed the student’s attendance pattern, the administration will take an active role in monitoring and disciplining the student via an attendance contract. Interventions may range from warnings to referral to the court system.
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