Attendance

• Students must sign in and out in the Attendance Office whenever coming to or leaving campus during the school day for any reason, including being late to 1st  or 4th period.

• Students must obtain parent/guardian permission and sign out through the Attendance Office before leaving campus. Failure to follow these procedures will result in the absence recorded as a cut.  Parents/guardians are unable to clear this type of absence after the fact.

• If a parent needs to excuse a student and the student is unaware that they need to leave, the parent should call the Attendance Office. The Attendance Office will locate the student and pass on the information.

• Students are required to pick up their “off campus pass”, prior to attending the period they are leaving early from.

• Students leaving for appointments during school day must:

1. Have a parent call the recorder prior to the time of the appointment.

2. Pick up a Leaving-the-Grounds pass in the Attendance Office.

3. Sign out on the sheet in the Attendance Office.

4. Sign in upon return if returning the same day.

• Parents cannot excuse student tardies unless they provide a doctor/medical note 

• Calls go home for tardies to keep families informed.

• At 5 tardies, students are called in and given a warning, letters will be sent home

• At 10 tardies, students will receive a detention, students accumulate detentions after every 5 additional tardies, letters will be sent home.

• Students must sign in and out in the Attendance Office whenever coming to or leaving campus during the school day for any reason, including being late to 1st  or 4th period.

• Students must sign in and out in the Attendance Office whenever coming to or leaving campus during the school day for any reason, including being late to 1st  or 4th period.

• Students must obtain parent/guardian permission and sign out through the Attendance Office before leaving campus. Failure to follow these procedures will result in the absence recorded as a cut.  Parents/guardians are unable to clear this type of absence after the fact.

• If a parent needs to excuse a student and the student is unaware that they need to leave, the parent should call the Attendance Office. The Attendance Office will locate the student and pass on the information.

• Students are required to pick up their “off campus pass”, prior to attending the period they are leaving early from.

• Students leaving for appointments during school day must:

1. Have a parent call the recorder prior to the time of the appointment.

2. Pick up a Leaving-the-Grounds pass in the Attendance Office.

3. Sign out on the sheet in the Attendance Office.

4. Sign in upon return if returning the same day.

• When a student reaches the age of 18, they are permitted to verify their own absences from school and to assume those responsibilities formerly charged to the parent/guardian. 

• Before receiving approval, the student must request the 18-year old form from the Attendance Office and return it signed by their parent/guardian. 

• Final approval provided by the Associate Principal

• The procedures for absences are the same for 18-year old students as for all other students.  Automated dialer and email will continue for unverified absences to the primary contact

Once a student has missed 10 or more full days of school, they are considered a “Chronic Truant” Per State Ed. Code 48263.6  After a student has missed ten full days of school, absences can only be cleared with a medical note by a licensed physician.