By: Greg Kottcamp, Assistant Principal
The importance of regular daily attendance as a basis for academic achievement cannot be overemphasized. Absences have a negative impact on learning when too much is missed. Regular contact of students with one another in the classroom and their participation during instructional activity are vital to the success of the student. What should I do if my child is marked absent, but the student says they attended the class? If students are marked absent, families should contact the teacher to understand why the student was marked absent. Students, parents, and teachers should be directly communicating with one another. If there is an attendance correction to make, the teacher will email the correction to the attendance office. Mis-marked absences will not be addressed on the attendance line. What should I do if my child isn’t feeling well? Students not feeling well should be kept at home. However, parents must call the attendance office (303-982-5771) to excuse their child from classes on those days. Teachers are required to mark students absent when they don’t attend classes. A parent call is required to have that absence marked as Excused. What should my student do to be Early Released? When an absence is called into the attendance line a pass will be written and held in the attendance office. Please have your student stop by during passing periods or lunch to pick up their pass. This will be a ticket out of class and out of the building. Please make these requests early. Calling late in the day and having staff “run” these passes could be disruptive to others' learning as well as staff may not be able to make those last minute requests. District approved absences include: 1. A student who is temporarily ill, injured or an absence approved by the school administration on a prearranged basis. Prearranged absences are circumstances that cannot be taken care of outside of school hours. 2. A student who is absent for an extended period due to physical, mental or emotional disability. 3. Excused absences include funerals, illness, injury, legal obligations, medical procedures, religious observations and extenuating circumstances determined by administration. 4. A student who is attending a school sponsored activity or who is receiving Jeffco educational services. The district may require suitable proof regarding the above exceptions, including written statements from medical sources. What should my student do when returning from an appointment? Your student will ring the doorbell to reenter the school then head to the Attendance Office to sign back into the school. A pass will be written for your student to go back to class. Comments are closed.
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