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​Attendance / Absences / Tardiness

The Attendance Policy is in accordance with NYS Education Law 3205.

Regular attendance at school is essential for student success. Subjects are taught in sequence and require the understanding of each concept in the order of presentation for academic success.
 
Students who miss thirty(30) days of school, must meet with the administration and teacher to determine if alternative education plans are needed. 
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SANCTIONS:    
-Regular attendance determines participation in sports and special occasion days or events
-Regular attendance determines promotion
-Excessive irregular attendance warrants notification to the proper authorities

POLICY OF NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT ABSENCE:
  1. Parents must notify the school of absence and/or tardiness by 8 AM.
  2. The school will call parents if no call is received
  3. Students who are tardy must report to the school office and the parent/guardian must sign the student in, in the binder provided.
  4. A written excuse must be completed by the parent giving specific reasons for the absence/tardiness upon return to school.
  5. If a written excuse is not received within three (3) days, the absence is recorded as unexcused and is therefore an illegal absence in the Attendance e-school database program.
  6. A note must be submitted when a student is to be released early. A parent/guardian must come to the school office and sign the student out before they can be released.
  7. A parent/guardian must sign the student in upon return.
  8. Anyone signing-in or out, who is not the official parent or guardian, must have a parent's/guardian's written permission to do so. A copy of the person's license will be kept on file.  NO ONE can pick up a child without parental/guardian permission. 
Special Notes:
If prolonged absence due to illness is anticipated, the parent(s) should contact the School Office. In consideration of the teacher’s time, requests for classwork or homework due to prolonged illness should be made in the early morning. 
 
Please check the website for homework on the “Teacher’s Link”.
 
Teachers are not required to provide work for students who will be absent from school due to family vacations. It is the
student’s responsibility to make arrangements for missed homework, quizzes, projects, tests, etc. with the teacher(s) on the day the student returns to class.
 
Tardiness: 
A student is considered tardy if he/she is not in the classroom at the time appointed for the session to begin. 
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Any student coming in late because of bus transportation is not recorded as tardy.
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