Attendance
Students are allowed 6 parent notes, 6 parent note tardies and 10 doctor notes for the academic year. Once those have been exhausted, attendance arrangements should be made with the attendance clerk.
You have 5 days following the absence to turn in excuses. They can be emailed to kms.attendance@mercer.kyschools.us. There is a drop box outside the school or students can bring them to the office upon their return to school.
EHO - educational enhancement opportunity - students are allowed 10 for the academic year. They must have educational value and be approved by the school principal.
HH - If your child is written off by a physician or a psychologist for more than 5 days, home hospital (homebound) paperwork is in the front office.
Tardies to School
The doors open at 7:25. If a student is NOT in their seat at 8:00 bell, they will be counted tardy. If you are dropping your child off in the AM a suggested time is 7:50.
Once a student has used their 6 parent note tardies for the year, tardies will be subject to consequences as follows:
1st offense is a verbal warning.
2nd offense verbal warning
3rd offense 1hr detention
4th offense 1hr detention
5th 1hr after school detention
6th offense 2.5hrs extended after school detention. This will restart each semester.
Transportation
All transportation notes are to be turned in by noon each day. If you must make change after that time please follow up with a phone call.
All transportation changes must be sent by email or a written note turned into the office. Requests will not be taken over the phone. Changes can be emailed to kms.attendance@mercer.kyschools.us
Courtesies
We ask that if you plan to check your child out or have business with the front office that you please do so before 2:30. We need the last few minutes of the day to ensure all transportation changes and communication has been made to students.
If you are dropping items off to students, unless it is pertinent to that individual at that time, students will be called at the very beginning of or end of class to retrieve those items. This is a request made by our superintendent to ensure our students get the most of their instructional minutes.
Parent Portal
We encourage that you utilize your parent portal for grades, attendance and behavior. School information will come through the portal and it is an easy way to communicate with teachers. If you need help, please contact the front office for assistance.