Student Attendance Policy

Advanced Absences/ Appointments 

It is always beneficial if parents or guardians can notify team teachers of an absence before it occurs. 

Students may make a request for work from teachers in advance of the absence but must allow at least 24 hours for the teacher to provide the student with the work.

Leaving School During the Day

Students who must leave school before the end of the day should bring a written request from home that day and present it to the Attendance Clerk in the Office before school.  The request should include the reason, time to be excused, phone number where parents can be reached and signature of the parent or guardian.  Students whose early dismissals have been verified will show on the daily absentee report.  Parents are expected to come to the office and sign their child out. No students will be sided out after 1:50 pm.

Illness

If a student becomes seriously ill during class, a hall pass should be issued directing the student to the Main Office.  If needed, call the office for an escort.  All phone calls regarding student illness (by student or other staff) must be made from the Main Office.  Teachers are not to give medication, not even aspirin or a cough drop.

Homework Request

After returning from an absence student must request makeup work from each teacher.

Excessive Absences 

A student is chronically absent if he or she has missed 10% (17.5 days) of the school year whether the absence is unexcused or excused.

Any student enrolled in a public school who has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, but has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday, who has been absent from school without valid excuse for three (3) or more days, or tardy without valid excuse on three (3) or more days, is a truant. 

Any student who has been reported as a truant two (2) or more times is a habitual truant. 

Daily Attendance

Teachers will record student attendance at the beginning of every class period.

Students receive 5 minutes breaks for lockers (scheduled), bathrooms(scheduled), and 3 minutes to transition to classes between periods, the vast majority of students should be able to make it to class in this time frame and not exceed the allotted amount of time. Students exceeding the 3 limits are not adhering to the Centurion respectful, responsible, and safe expectations and will be considered tardy. Students exceeding the time restraints for transitions by 5 minuets or more are considered cutting class and will be written up as specified in the JCPS (SSBIH) and receive the consequences outlined below.

Discipline Measures for Tardies to Class

Your administrators will run attendance reports for “classroom tardies” (2nd Period - 6th Period) on Friday afternoon. Students with 2 or more tardies from Friday (of the previous week) to Thursday (of the current week). 

2 Tardies= 1 After School  Detention

3 Tardies= 2 Days of After School Detention

4 Tardies= Letter and call home, and related arts ISAP

* Admin and team will conduct interventions plan to address the tardy issue.

These consequences and tardy marks will restart each week. Tardies can affect students ability to participate in school  and team rewards and incentives.

Cutting Class & Attendance

Students who are 5 minutes late to your class are now considered truant (cutting class) and should be written up.  Hallways will be monitored by administrators and security and truant students will be taken to ISAP and receive a referral.

Student Attendance Protocol

Tardy to School

Students arriving after 7:30 AM must report to the Main Office to sign in and obtain a tardy slip before proceeding to class. A tardy slip is required for entry to 1st period. 

Student tardies to school will be tracked daily by the attendance clerk. We will develop individualized plans for each family to address chronic tardiness.

Please note: Students who arrive to school on time but are late to their first period class due to inappropriate behavior, such as horseplay or socializing, will be subject to the school's tardy-to-class policy, not the tardy-to-school policy and marked as absent by their 1st period teacher. This could also result in behavior consequences for cutting class.

Tardy to Class

Students must arrive to class on time. Tardiness is not permitted. Any student arriving late to class will be marked tardy in Infinite Campus (IC). Teachers who hold a student should provide a pass for the student’s next class period. Students entering a class without a valid pass will be sent to the school administrator, assigned to In-School Alternative Program (ISAP), marked tardy, and issued a conduct mark. Refer to the school discipline policy for consequences and conduct marks. 

Hall Way Sweeps

Hallway sweeps will be conducted by administration between class periods. Students found tardy or skipping class will be escorted to ISAP and issued a conduct mark and a referral to track student attendance and were abouts. 

Discipline Measures for Tardies to Class

The attendance Clerk will run an attendance report for “classroom tardies” (2nd Period - 6th Period) on Friday afternoon. Students with 2 or more tardies from Friday to Thursday will receive after school detention.

Students who are traveling off team will be allowed 1 tardy and issued a warning. 2 tardies will result in a referral with a consequence of after school detention.

2 Tardies= 1 After School  Detention

3 Tardies= 2 Days of After School Detention

4 Tardies= Letter and call home, and related arts ISAP

* Admin and team will conduct interventions plan to address the tardy issue.