Miscellaneous Attendance Information 

The primary student drop-off/pick-up location is the loop along Mendenhall Street. Other student drop-off/pick-up locations may be designated throughout the year. Parents/guardians driving student(s) to school or picking student(s) up from school should use the designated area(s). The local businesses across the street from the front of the school are not designated student drop-off/pick-up areas. Parents/guardians are expected to pick up their student(s) promptly after the completion of their student’s activity – preferably, no more than thirty minutes later. All drivers are expected to observe all traffic laws, signs, curb markings, and courtesies while operating a vehicle on the CCHS campus. Parents/guardians are expected to comply with directions provided by officers directing traffic and/or signage that may be posted.  

Students participating in the Dual Enrollment/Move On When Ready programs are allowed to leave campus according to their approved schedules.  These students must report to the Attendance Office to sign out prior to departing campus and to sign in after reporting to campus. After reporting to the Attendance Office, students arriving early on campus before their scheduled class time must report to the Media Center until their scheduled class begins.  Students are not allowed to roam the halls or loiter on campus upon checking out.  Students in violation of this policy are subject to disciplinary actions. 

Students participating in the Work-Based Learning Program must report to the Work-Based Learning Coordinator at the beginning of the class period. Work-Based Learning students who are scheduled to work will be released to go to the Attendance Office to sign out prior to departing campus. Work-Based Learning students, who are not scheduled to work, must remain in class for the duration of the school day. Failure to follow the outlined Work-Based Learning procedures will result in disciplinary consequences and possible removal from the program.  

Students who receive the Perfect Attendance recognition will be recorded as having no more than 2 absences per 9-weeks on their official student record. Students must attend at least four periods out of seven in order for the day to count. Students who receive a referral for attendance-related violations will not be considered. Three tardies will count as an absence for the purpose of determining eligibility of this award.  

Due to TAADRA (Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act), students who accumulate ten (10) unexcused absences at any time within a year will receive a Certificate of Non-Compliance, which is reported to the Department of Driver Services (DDS). 

 ***Students 15-17 years of age are reminded that the state of Georgia will suspend their driver’s license/permit or not allow them to get one if they are a non-compliant student.  

A non-compliant student is one who: 

• Has dropped out of school without graduating and has remained out of school for ten consecutive school days 

• Has ten or more school days of unexcused absences in the current academic year or ten or more school days of unexcused absences in the previous academic year 

• Has been found in violation by a hearing officer, panel, or tribunal of one of the following offenses, has received a change in placement for committing one of the following offenses, or has waived his or her right to a hearing and pleaded guilty to one of the following offenses:  

  • • • Threatening, striking, or causing bodily harm to a teacher or other school  personnel;  

      • Possession or sale of drugs or alcohol on school property or at a school      sponsored event 

      • Possession or use of a weapon on school property or at a school  sponsored event. For purposes of this division, the term “weapon”   shall have the   same meaning as in Code Section 16-11-127.1 but shall not include any part of an archeological or cultural exhibit  brought to school in connection with a school project 

      • Any sexual offense prohibited under Chapter 6 of Title 16 

      • Causing substantial physical or visible bodily harm to or seriously disfiguring another person, including another student. O.C.G.A. §  40-5-22 (a.1)