Attendance Credit

Attendance / Attendance Credit Loss

(Attendance Office:  801-476-3607)

Consistent attendance is pertinent to a student’s educational success.  

Attendance credit loss is generated when a student accumulates more than four tardies or four absences in a class or more than one administrative truancy in a quarter.  If a student loses attendance credit in one class, the loss amounts to .25 attendance credit loss.  A “cushion” of 4 absences/tardies or less is afforded each student, each class, each quarter.  This cushion enables students to occasionally miss school (for illness, injury, appointments, family activities, etc.) and still stay current in all classes.  Realize that 4 absences during a quarter amounts to a student missing almost 20% of instructional time.  Attendance credit loss greater than .75 must be made up through community service efforts and payment of fees to be eligible for extracurricular participation and graduation.

Absence

To verify an absence, which allows the student to make-up missed work, a parent must call the attendance office at 801-476-3607 (24 hr. number) within 3 days of the absence.  Absences not verified by a parent may result in the issuance of truancy.  Verified absences still count toward the four absences that a student could have without losing attendance credit during a quarter.  In order for an absence to be excused, please submit doctor/dentist notes for schedule appointments so the absence can be excused. Excused absences do not count toward attendance credit loss.   Students who arrive late or leave early for appointments or emergencies must check in/out at the attendance office. More than four absences in any class during any term will result in a loss of .25 units of attendance credit in each class affected.  Allowance may be made for pre-arranged absences for three or more days. Students who are “school-excused” to participate in school-sponsored activities shall not have the absence(s) count toward the attendance loss limit for the class missed.

Truancies

Truancy is an unexcused absence without parent or teacher/advisor permission. Leaving class or campus during the school day other than during lunch time without checking out and leaving Royal R&R without teacher permission are both considered truancies. (Prior permission to the student’s absence must be obtained and proper checkout through our attendance secretary must occur; otherwise truancy could be issued.)  Two truancies during any term will result in a loss of .25 units of credit in each class affected and a suspension could result. Truancy may result in a zero for any assignments missed that day.

Tardy

More than four tardies in any class during any term will result in a loss of .25 units of credit in each class affected.

Pre-Arranged Absences

If parents request to have their student excused from school for a reason other than illness or family emergencies, arrangements may be made in advance.  Students pick up and complete a Pre-Arranged Absence Form from the attendance office to have all of their teachers sign. It must be returned to the attendance office prior to the absence. Pre-arranged absences must be a minimum of three days in duration and will not count against attendance credit.

Check-In

Check-in at the attendance office is required for all students who enter the school after 7:45 a.m. The student will be issued a check-in slip and this slip must be presented to the teacher upon arrival to class.  

Check-Out

Check-out at the attendance office is required for all students leaving school before 2:30 p.m. Students will be allowed to check-out only with parent permission.  Students are not to be excused except for family emergencies, medical appointments, or illness. Students should not be checked out during Royal R&R unless the student is experiencing one of the above situations.

Attendance Credit Make-Up Policy, Make-Up Options & Procedures

All attendance credit loss over .75 must be made up before graduation and to meet eligibility requirements for athletics, team events, student government, and all other activities in which students represent Roy High.

Students that need to make up attendance credit loss (student has more than .75 overall credit loss) can earn it back by attending regularly.  Students need to earn back attendance credit as soon as possible after losing it. The following is an overall list of all options for gaining credit:

Every 10 hours of community service (off campus) worked will reinstate .25 attendance credit.  Community service credit will be awarded after necessary fees are paid to the bookkeeper. A $15 fee is charged per .25 attendance credit loss, with a maximum limit of $90 for a student’s high school career.  The receipt for payment of these fees must be attached to the community service credit sheet/contract obtained from the school attendance secretary. Community service hours can only be made up at pre-approved sites (see attendance secretary for complete list).  Community service hours worked at a non-approved site will not count toward attendance credit make-up. All community service must be selected from Roy High's list of approved community service sites. Off-campus community service requires clearance through the attendance secretary.  Hours worked on campus, supervised by custodial staff, are doubled (1 hour worked = 2 hours make-up) to encourage students with attendance issues to “give back” and be present at RHS. If no school service hours are available, the student must look outside of the school for opportunities for make-up work.  They may also take advantage of attendance incentives provided by the school (i.e., 10 consecutive school days with no absence or tardy = .25 attendance credit restored – “10 day contract”. One past quarter of attendance credit loss can be restored with one current quarter of no attendance credit loss—“clean quarter”).   If you are a SENIOR, you must be working with an administrator for the clean quarter to apply for 4th term. There is no limit to the amount of “clean quarters” that can be earned! However, clean quarters must be earned during the year in which they are used to restore attendance credit loss. For example, a senior can only use clean quarters earned during their senior year to restore any previous quarters of loss; they cannot use a clean quarter from their sophomore or junior year during their senior year to restore lost attendance credit.

The criteria for the selection of community service are:

-All hours must be pre-approved through the attendance coordinator.

-Students may not miss any class time to make up hours.  If this is the case, the hours worked while the student was missing class will not be counted.

-Hours worked must be documented on the school’s community service form.

-Organizations must be non-profit.

-Students may not receive pay or other benefits for hours worked.

-Students may not work for their employer, relative, or friend.