Hawk News 23-24

It is very important for a parent/guardian to report their child’s absence from school. Please email our attendance clerk at syung@fusdk12.net OR call the attendance line at 510-656-3500, press 7 and press 1 (24 hour absence recorder is available) before 9:00 A.M. on each day the child is absent. If the school does not receive a phone call or an email, the school will call the parent to verify the absence. If parent contact is not made, the absence will be listed as unexcused. Please note: After two unexcused absences the student will be considered truant. 

An absence must be reported with either a telephone call or an email, (or a note signed by the parent/guardian when we have in-person classes). Please note that only illness, medical appointment, or bereavement are excused absences. Refer to the FUSD Parent/Guardian & Student Handbook for more about excused absence. 

When calling or emailing about an absence, please leave the following information:

• Student’s legal full name (please spell slowly), student ID number, and grade level 

• Reason for the absence

•  If it is a partial day absence, please specify the time of absence 

• Call back phone number (when calling)

• Person calling or emailing and relationship to the student 

Please remember the school and district miss out on Average Daily Attendance funding from the state even with excused absences such as “sick”. 

If the parent/guardian cannot phone or email, the school must have a note explaining the absence. The student can bring a note verifying an absence to the office before school begins on the date of his/her return. The note should include: 

1. The student’s legal full name 

2. The date of the absence 

3. The reason for the absence 

4. Parent/guardian’s signature