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Truancy is defined as students with 5 or more unexcused absences. It applies to students who are subject to compulsory attendance.

Chronic absenteeism is defined as students who have missed 10% or more days of school for any reason (excused and unexcused) based on student enrollment. It provides a more complete picture of missed instructional time.

Attendance waiver form is required with ten or more unexcused absences all grade levels. 

All students enrolled should be in attendance each day.   Absences are excused for personal illness, serious illness or death of a student’s immediate family member, observance of religious holidays, active duty military family leave, orders of governmental agencies, conditions rendering attendance impossible or hazardous to student health or safety, or participation in approved school activities. Per board policy, “Students in grades K-8 who accumulate more than fifteen (15) absences (excused or unexcused) in a year, and are passing the affected subjects/classes may request an attendance waiver.  The request that waivers be granted for academic credit or promotion must include appropriate required documentation to the site based attendance committee. This committee may grant or deny the waiver, after review of the application and documentation. 

Problems relating to pupil absenteeism that cannot be handled on the individual school level are to be referred to the school social worker. Students who arrive late must obtain a tardy slip from the main office before going to class. Students are encouraged to arrive on time each day in order to avoid missing valuable instructional time. Please be aware that frequent early check-outs (before 2:00 pm) could be considered absence from instruction and referred to the school social worker.

Documentation for excused absences: Any student absence that is to be classified as excused minimally requires a signed note of explanation from a parent or guardian for documentation. Only five days of absence per school year will be excused with a handwritten/typed signed note from a parent/guardian. This excuse must be submitted within five school days of the absence.  School officials may require additional documentation/proof at any time for the purpose of validating that an absence is an excused absence. Any absence beyond five days for the year requires the submission of a physician's or hospital statement, court subpoena, order of a governmental agency, or a funeral notice/obituary to be deemed an excused absence. Please upload all excuse documentation to Powerschool.

Attendance Waiver: Please contact front office for copy of this form: For students who have demonstrated proficiency but have not attended district approved recovery options

• Applicable to students with 10 or more unexcused absences

• Extenuating Circumstance(s)

• Duration of Absences

• Effort to Address Absences

• Proficiency/ Academic Performance

• Waivers must be submitted by November 15th and/or April 15th

• If a waiver is denied, a grading code of No Credit (NC) will be awarded

Asynchronous Remote Attendance Option (5 days max): The use of technology continues to provide unique opportunities for teaching and learning. Leveraging a student's ability to complete work remotely under certain guidelines further modernizes District approaches to student attendance.

• Allowable up to 5 days per academic year

• LMS Access Log used to document attendance

• Students participate asynchronously

• Cannot be used on district/state mandated testing days

• The first 10 days of the school year are excluded from this option

Attendance Recovery (5 days per semester):

• Allows students to recover missed instruction
• Participation will result in absences being converted to days present
• District approved options for attendance recovery
  • Tutorial
  • Postsecondary Visits
  • Additional options approved by the District Attendance Team
  • Utilizes existing school-based options to support students in recovering instruction and missed days

• Maximum of 5 days per semester and three contact hours per day