Falcon Facts

The parent/sponsor shall: 

• Send students to school every day unless they are sick. 
• Adhere to the school attendance policies and procedures. 
• Inform the attendance clerk in the event of an absence, arriving late, or departing early from school. (For absences and tardies, please attempt to do so within 30 minutes of the start time.) 
• Attempt to schedule appointments before or after the school day to minimize disruption of the educational environment. 
• Understand the differences between excused and unexcused absences, to include possible consequences for excessive unexcused absences or tardy. 
• Participate in the Student Support Team (SST) meeting to develop an intervention plan. 
• Comply with the intervention plan developed by the SST or Student Monitoring Plan. 

The student shall: 

• Adhere to the school attendance policies and procedures. 
• Identify and make up all classroom activities, or assignments, which were missed as a result of the absence(s). 
• Comply with the intervention plan developed by the SST or Student Educational Monitoring Plan absence form. 

Excused Absence Notes 

If notification was not given on the day of an absence, the day a student returns from an absence, an excused absence is achieved by presenting a note or email dated and signed by the student’s parent/sponsor to the attendance clerk, before first block. The information should include the dates of absence, reasons for the absence (needs to meet policy), and the sponsor's phone number. Without parent notification and reasonable cause, the absence is considered unexcused. Excused absences notes must be received by 08:00 within three days of the absence to be considered by administration.  

Extended Absences 

A Student Educational Monitoring Plan must be completed for extended absences (typically three or more days). Your student will have the responsibility to take this form to their teachers to collect assignments and teachers’ signature. It is expected the listed assignments be completed upon the student’s return to school. Completed forms need to be returned to the attendance clerk for administrator approval. Please be advised that a completed Student Educational Monitoring Plan does not mean the absence is excused. 

Late Work 

Homework, projects, assignments are given 100% opportunity for credit when they are turned in on time. It is at the teacher’s discretion if any credit may be given for work beyond a due date.  

Make-Up Work 

Students will not be penalized, and make-up privileges must be given to students who absences were excused to include school-sponsored trips. When students have an excused absence, it is their responsibility to find out what they have missed and make up any missed assignments and tests. Students have one class session for every day missed to make up work. If a student misses two class periods, they have two class periods to complete the missed assignments. Students are encouraged to make up their work as quickly as possible.  

Students who are truant from school may not be allowed to make up work missed. Further consequences can include parent conferences, counseling, Student Support Team (SST) meeting, and suspension – beginning with 

the first incident of truancy. 

* For athletic and sponsored trips, if students miss class while traveling, they must notify their teachers in advance.  Students should pick up a pre-arranged absence form from the activity sponsor to bring take to all their classes. This form is used to notify teachers of the classes to be missed and an opportunity for the teacher to provide assignments ahead of travel. Teachers should list the assignments that the students are responsible for completing on the form and the date the work is due.   

Tardy 

Students arriving at school late or being dismissed early from school are signed in and out through the front office. The time and reason for being absent from school is noted for accountability.  

Students arriving to school after the instructional day begins are considered tardy. If you know that your child will be arriving late to school, please make certain that a note is sent explaining why they are tardy. A student who is tardy should report to the office for a late slip before going to his/her classroom. A signed appointment slip from the dentist or doctor may be used in lieu of a note from parents. Parents should come into the school to sign in with their child; or a signed note is requested from parents.  

Students who are tardy due to a late bus are excused and will not need to obtain a late slip from the office. A tardy not properly reported by the parent or guardian is unexcused unless circumstances warrant otherwise. The classroom teacher will report students who are frequently tardy to the administration. Parents may be contacted if it is noted that a student has numerous unexcused tardies.  

Students with over 5 unexcused tardies and/or early dismissals and students with over 7 unexcused absences may be referred to the SST.