Tardy periods 1-8 (Initiated by the TEACHER)

• Teacher marks student tardy - do not send to House for a pass!

• Teachers inform the student you are writing a tardy referral, include the following on the referral: 

  • how late the student was in minutes

  • number of tardies

  • previous interventions

  • parent contact 

• Teacher Tardy referrals - Mail room drop off available in House Basket or the alpha houses 

Attendance Procedures

• Submit attendance within first 15  minutes of each class period

• Mark students Absent or Tardy (late without a pass)

  • Absent - if a student does not physically report for class

• If a student arrives late with a pass, adjust attendance to show they are Present 

• If a student arrives late without a pass, adjust attendance to Tardy and write a referral

• If student receives a call slip or leaves the classroom with teacher permission, do not change their attendance status

• If there is a concern about a student not arriving to his/her appointed destination, please follow up with the nurse, house…etc. and submit referral if there is an issue

The tardy referral should have objective, explicit information written on it to further explain the reason for the referral.  The referral gets sent to parents.  See template tab for examples.

• Attendance Interventions assigned through the House for skips, Truancy, and non-attendance

  • SEL supports, Lunch Detentions, Social Interventions (loss of privileges) 

  • Attendance letters-sent home periodically as needed.

  • Truancy will be contacted on a case by case basis

• Excessive Absences & Truant codes - alert the House, as well as the family, when you notice trends, especially when it’s impacting a student’s performance. Students who are truant should not be allowed to obtain grades during those absences.

Open campus lunch begins Thursday, August 21st. There is no mandatory pre-meeting, parents have submitted permission forms during readiness days. 

Attendance Code - OCL