Attendance

AES will follow the WCPS Attendance and Truancy Policy. This document may be accessed HERE. Please review this policy carefully. Some highlights from the policy:

• The progress of a student at school depends greatly on the punctuality and regularity of attendance. It is desirable that every student should be in the designated area five minutes prior to the beginning of school. Also, each student should be in each class on time. To secure such attendance, we ask for your hearty cooperation. We firmly believe that attendance is a student-parent/guardian responsibility. The intent of this attendance procedure for the Warren County Public Schools is to provide a structure within which students can gain maximum benefit from the instructional program. Regular attendance in class is necessary if students are to receive adequate guidance through their classwork and benefit from the discussions. All students are expected to attend class, on time, every day that school is in session. When a student must be absent from school, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to call the school where the child is enrolled on the date of the absence to inform the school of the reason for the absence. The parent/guardian must send a written excuse or doctor’s note with the student when he or she returns to school. If a note is not received by the school, the absence will be counted as unexcused. Up to 7 days of valid absences for which parents/guardians have sent written excuses giving valid reasons for the absence will be excused. Invalid absences will be considered unexcused. Seven parent notes will be excused for valid reasons. Parent notes submitted for invalid reasons will be considered unexcused.

• When a student must be absent from school, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to call the school where the child is enrolled on the date of the absence to inform the school of the reason for the absence.

• Each day an automated phone call will go out confirming that the student is absent.

• Always provide a doctor, dentist, or therapist absentee note when returning from office visits. This will help ensure these absences are marked excused in the system. Absences will not be marked excused without these provider documents.

• Please review the information in the policy regarding what constitutes truancy.

• For questions regarding attendance, please contact our District Director of Pupil Personnel.

• We require students who have a fever to be fever-free for 24 hours, without medication prior to returning to school. We want to limit the spreading of viruses.