Teachers will record student attendance at the beginning of every class period.
After returning from an absence student must request makeup work from each teacher.
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.
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.
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.
A tardy shall be recorded for a student who is absent less than 35 percent of the regularly scheduled school day. In the event that a total of three unexcused tardies have been accumulated, a letter may be sent to the parent/guardian and, if the problem persists, in increments of three thereafter. A half-day absence shall be recorded for a student who is absent 35 to 84 percent of the school day. A full-day absence shall be recorded for a pupil who is absent more than 84 percent of the school day.