YOU MUST CALL OUR OFFICE OR CHILD'S TEACHER WITH IN 1 HOUR OF MISSING SCHOOL

Preschool Attendance

We are fully blended with Head Start. Funding for our program is from full utilization of enrollment of three and four old through Head Start, income eligible 4 year old and all children who are found to be disabled who meet preschool age requirements.

• Specifics are outlined in the Parent Handbook for Graves County Preschool/Head Start regarding attendance. Teachers and staff of the district and Head Start work with families to ensure children are in attendance.

• Graves County Preschool program attendance is entered in Child Plus by each preschool teacher and sent to the Head Start office daily within one hour of start of classes.

• The family advocate at the Head Start Office checks attendance within one and half hours. If the teacher marks child as an unknown absence, parents or guardians will be contacted by text, email or phone. Several days of absence with unknown reasons will warrant a home visit to check on the welfare of the family and child. Please always call the teacher or the Head Start office when your child will be absent.

Busing is provided by the school district with monitors on all bus routes that have preschool children. When a child is absent and staff has not been notified concerning the absence, teachers and/or Head Start will contact parents within the first hour of the absence.

Family Service workers work with families to solve any problems that may be causing irregular attendance. If chronic absenteeism continues without an explanation, a child may lose their Head Start placement due to the need to fully utilize the Head Start slots.