Leaving School Grounds/FLEX Expectation/Student Attendance (Updated 2025)

Student Attendance, FLEX Expectations, and Campus Boundaries 

Student safety and accountability are paramount during a crisis. At all times, we must know exactly who is present in the building. Therefore, once a student arrives on school grounds, they must enter the building and attend their assigned classes to be counted as present. Students are expected to stay for the full school day and are not permitted to remain in the parking lot—whether inside or outside of their vehicles—during school hours (including during lunch). Any student arriving late must sign in at the main office. This policy applies to all students, including those who are 18 years of age or older.

FLEX block at SHS is a dedicated time during the school day that allows students to access academic support, enrichment, and personalized learning opportunities. During FLEX, students can make up missed work, get extra help, prepare for tests, build foundational skills, or advance in content if they are already meeting expectations. It also offers opportunities for reteaching, small group instruction, study skills, and content-specific executive functioning support. Students assigned to FLEX are required to attend as part of their school day. 

Any student who needs to leave school early must follow the early dismissal procedures and be signed out by a Main Office staff member. If a student is signed out by a parent or guardian during lunch, they must provide a medical note to return to school later that same day; otherwise, the student will not be allowed to return to school on the same day.

The administration reserves the right to approve or deny all requests.

Students who leave the school building or campus without prior permission will face disciplinary consequences. Students who leave the Front Patio area during lunch without prior permission and enter the parking lot will be considered to have left the school grounds. This includes administrative discipline and, if applicable, a parking violation. Additionally, any student who leaves the building or the Front Patio area during lunch without permission may be subject to a search, as outlined in District Policy C21: Search and Seizure of Students by School Personnel. 

Progressive Discipline

First Offense: Lunch Detention

Second Offense: Two Lunch Detentions

Third Offense: Administrative Detention

Subsequent Offenses: Offenses: OSS

In addition, Senior Privileges follow the Senior Privileges progressive discipline outline in the contract.

Parking Lot Violations (see Driving and Parking)

First Offense: Verbal Warning

Second Offense: Loss of parking privileges on school grounds for a week.

Third Offense: Loss of parking privileges on school grounds for the rest

                                                           of the year.

Students who leave campus without authorization will not be allowed back into the building and will be prohibited from participating in school-sponsored activities for the remainder of the day. If the violation occurs on the last day of the school week, the student will be ineligible to participate in school-sponsored activities until the next regular school day.

Exception:

• 12th-grade students with open-block senior privileges
  These students may leave campus only after submitting signed privilege forms.

• See Senior Privileges Contract.

All other students must remain in designated lunch areas:

• Cafeteria (open daily)

• Gym (when staffing is available)

• Front Patio (weather dependent)

• Tech Center Atrium (when available)