Attendance

Meeting the Attendance Requirement

To be eligible for the A+ School Incentive, a student must have a 95% (approximately no more than 8 days absent each year) cumulative attendance record at the end of high school. A student who does not meet the 95% attendance requirement will not be eligible for the A+ Financial Incentive.

The following attendance guidelines are required of all students participating in the A+ Program:

A cumulative attendance record will be kept from the beginning of the A+ student’s high school career until graduation.

The high school office keeps the official record of attendance. Students attending Grand River Area Vocational/Technical School will have their attendance reported daily and their records maintained in the high school office.

Parents, guardians, and students will be provided information that includes the student’s attendance record each semester. After receiving this information, the parent, guardian, or student should complete the appeals process if they feel the situation is chronic and/or beyond the student’s control. A letter from the physician is required to verify the appeal. Anyone making an appeal should use the A+ Attendance Appeal Form available in the A+ office. A copy of the Attendance Waiver Guidelines may be obtained from the A+ Coordinator or found on the school’s web page. Students who will be missing school for a long period of time due to hospitalization, illness, etc. must call the school and request homebound instruction which helps the student maintain academic growth and avoid.

Quarantine / COVID-19 guidelines for appeal: A note from a medical professional, the county health office, or our school nurse that you were sent home or prevented from attending due to COVID-19 is necessary. It should also include the dates you are restricted from attending. Please take care of this paperwork at the time you are quarantined or sent home and get it to me.

Attendance or Review Process

An A+ Student Review Committee will be composed of the following:

Guidance Counselor

High School Principal

A+ Coordinator.

After the Student Review Committee reaches a decision, the A+ Coordinator will notify the parents by letter. If a student is expelled from the A+ program, the student or the student’s parents/guardians may request an appeal of that decision by notifying the A+ Coordinator within five working days of receiving the notice. The A+ Coordinator will provide notice of the appeal to the Board. The Board of Education, or a committee appointed by the Board, will hear the appeal in closed session at the soonest upcoming regularly scheduled Board meeting. The appeal will be conducted as follows:

The A+ Coordinator will provide a written and/or oral statement to the Board (or the appointed committee) of the A+ Student Review Committee’s reason(s) for the student’s expulsion from the program. The student and/or the student’s parents/guardians may provide a written and/or oral statement to the Board (or the appointed committee) of the reason(s) why the student should not be expelled from the program. The Board will notify the student of its decision in writing within five working days of hearing the appeal.