Attendance Responsibility

Attendance Expectations

All Students must attend school every day. Lynwood High School believes that arriving to class on time builds responsibility and maximizes the instructional time that leads to increased student achievement and success.

Phone calls: If you’d like to call and leave a Recording regarding a student’s absence, please dial 310-887-7138.  You may leave a voicemail regarding your child’s absence or illness. Calls made to this phone will not be returned. 

If you would like to speak with someone, please dial the following: 

For 9th and 12th grade – (310) 887-7140

For 10th and 11th grade – (310) 887-7104

Parent(s) or Guardian(s)’ notes. Students need to turn-in notes from parents or guardians to the Attendance Office before 8:00 A.M. The Attendance Clerks need to process and verify the information before the students are allowed to go home.  Students who turn-in the notes a few minutes before they need to leave the campus may be subject to delays.    

Excused Absences:  There are some excused absences according to Education Code 48201 such as illness, quarantine, medical, dental, optometrical or chiropractic services, a funeral for immediate family (not more than three days if outside California), justifiable personal reasons (ex. Religious retreat, court appearance.)

Irregular Attendance: Although some absences are excused, EC 48403 defines certain absences as irregular attendance.  Examples of irregular attendance are: “excessive excused absence – illness, medical or dental appointments during school hours, excused tardies and others.” Another example of irregular attendance is “excessive unexcused absences: frequent vacations, errands for parents, or other reasons during school time.”  We highly recommend that parents/guardians set up appointments for dentists, doctors, etc. after school or during the weekends.

Chronic and Habitual Truancy

Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuing education who is absent from school without a valid excuse for ten percent or more of the school days in one school year, from the date of enrollment to the current date, is deemed a chronic truant. Any pupil is deemed a habitual truant who has been reported as a truant three or more times per school year.

Students who are chronically and/or habitually truant may be subject to the following possible consequences:

➢ Detention & Saturday school

➢ SART: a meeting with the parent and student including an attendance contract; and/or SARB: a meeting with school and law enforcement to determine parent/student consequences, referral to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office or probation, request for the parent to attend school with the student for one day, as well as any other consequences pursuant to the California Education and Penal Codes.

Truancy is defined as any absence from school without parental knowledge and/or permission. Any of the following will be considered class truancy and MAY BE CITED BY POLICE:

➢ Failing to attend class and not having a valid excuse

➢ Leaving any class under false pretenses

➢ Leaving a class or school grounds without permission

➢   Being reported by a staff member on campus during an all-day absence