It is very important that parents call the school the morning you are
keeping your child home from school. It is the parent's responsibility
to clear absences. Any absence that is not cleared in 3 days will be
marked unexcused. Please call in or email the reason for your child's absence. EMAIL: lgampel@chicousd.org PHONE: 891-3285,
ext. 202.
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each
student absence and determine whether the absence is excused or
unexcused. Given parent authorization, school personnel will excuse a
student absence from school for the following reasons:
Illness
To receive medical and dental services (please make appointments early or late in the school day so your child can be at school for as much of the day as possible.)
Exclusion from school for health and safety (not more than 5 days)
Exclusion from school for head lice/nits ( 2 days)
Attendance at funeral services for a member of immediate family
Observance of a religious holiday/ceremony
Quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer.
Student Tardies
A student is tardy when he/she arrives in the classroom after the tardy
bell rings, but before the first thirty minutes of the class has been
completed. A student is habitually tardy to a class when he/she
receives three (3) or more unexcused tardies per trimester. A student
is truant when he/she arrives unexcused in the classroom 30 minutes
after the bell rings.
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each
student tardy and determine whether the tardy is excused or unexcused.
Excused tardiness is understandable. The student will be expected to
make up work missed without penalty. Unexcused tardiness is
inappropriate and may result in disciplinary consequences.
All excused tardies should be accompanied by a doctor's verification note.
Truancy
A student who is absent from school without a valid excuse in excess of
the (30) minutes or more per day for three different days during the
school year will be declared truant, and the parents will be notified of
their obligation to resolve the truancy problem.
After 3 unexcused absences, a letter of truancy notification will be
sent home. After 4 unexcused absences, a second truancy notice will be
sent home and parents are urged to schedule an appointment with the
school principal to discuss resolution of the truancy problem. A
student with more than 5 unexcused absences will be declared a habitual
truant and a parent conference will be scheduled with the principal. If
suggested alternatives to reach resolution of the truancy problem are
not followed through responsibly and successfully, the problem will be
reviewed and consideration will be given to pursue a course of legal
action.
We hope that these attendance procedures will help both the school and
parents to work together in a cooperative manner towards our common goal
of increasing each child's success in school. As parents, you are
responsible for the establishment of regular and punctual student
attendance habits.
Your cooperation and support of our attendance procedures will be greatly appreciated.