School Excuses

Students should bring a school excuse or a note from a parent when they return to school after an absence.  

You may also email Jamie Buffington at jamie.buffington@hallco.org

Absences are changed from unexcused to excused after this documentation is received.

A student shall not be absent from school or from any class or other required school hours except for conditions specified below, or upon written permission of the teacher, principal, or other authorized school official. Absences will be excused if validated for the following reasons:

• Personal illness or when attendance in school endangers the student’s health or the health of others

• Serious illness or death in a student’s immediate family necessitating absence from school

• Court order or an order by a governmental agency, including pre-induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces, mandating absence from school

• Observation of religious holidays, necessitating absence from school

• Conditions rendering attendance impossible or hazardous to student health or safety

• To allow visitation with a parent or legal guardian serving in the U.S. armed forces or National Guard – Students will be granted up to five days of excused absences per school year to visit with the parent prior to the parent’s deployment or during the parent’s leave.

• Any other absence not explicitly defined herein but deemed by the local school board of education to have merit based