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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Attendance is a key factor in student achievement and therefore, sudents are expected to be present each day school is in session. Excused and unexcused absences are the only two (2) types of excuses recognized by the Marion County School System. Students and parents must accept full responsibility for regular school attendance. It is the student's responsibility to monitor his/her unexcused absences and tardiness.

Grades K-12

The building principal, in determining excused and unexcused absences, may use some discretion. The school office will need approved excused notes turned in and filed to aid the attendance supervisor in documenting attendance. More than five (5) excused absenses for personal illness per eighteen (18) week session shall require a doctor's or dentist's excuse. The following shall be accepted by any certified employee of the Marion County School system as an excuse for abaences, tardiness and early dismissal.

1. Medical of religious reason

2. Death in the immediate family: ( parent, guardian, step parent, brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or any other family member that resides in the student's house.)

3. Legal (court, attorney, truancy board, etc)

4. A one day excused absence will be granted for students whose parent or guardian is leaving for active military duty or returning from active military duty.

5. Bus problems

6. School-sponsored activities

Absolutely no absence will be excused without a parent or doctor's note. Notes shall consist of :

1. Parent notes will include: name of student, the current date, date of student's absense, reason of absense, and parent/guardian's signature. Parent notes do not automatically "excuse" the absense of a student.

2. A written excuse from a doctor, dentist, or other medical professional must have the following : the date and time of the appointment must be speecified. Only dates specified on the note will be excused as medical. Only doctor's excuses for diagnoses and treatment of illnesses within the area of the doctor's certification will be accepted. Students who have office visits not involving an illness( ex : tests, physicals, visits to the dentist or health department) are expected to return to school and will be excused for reasonable time travel.

3. If parent notes, Doctor, Dentist or other medical professional notes appear to be excessive, this may result in referral of the student to the Truancy Review Board for futher review.

4. Because there are scheduled breaks thoughtout the school year, i.e. fall break, spring break, and Christmas break, family vacations and Senior Skip Day will not be excused.

A STUDENT HAS A MAXIMUM OF THREE (3) DAYS TO TURN IN HIS/HER WRITTEN EXCUSE UPON RETURNING TO SCHOOL.

The school attendance clerk shall report to the attendance supervisor the names of all children who have withdrawn from school, or who ave been absent two unexused absenses. The attendance clerk at each school shall be responsible for mailing notices to student's parent(s) or guardian(s) after two (2) aggregate days.

Additional notices will be sent after each successive accumulation of five (5) unexcused absenses. The attendance officer will check each school weekly on a reguarly scheduled basis. The attendance officer may refer the child to the Family Resource Center or other agency for assistance.

A tardy occurs when a student is out of the class room after the beginning of the official school day or when a student is late reporting to a class. An early dismissal occurs when a student leaves school before the official end of the school day. Five (5) tardies, five (5) early dismissals, or a combination of both will count as a day's absense, excused or unexcused, at the principal's discretion. Notes for early dismissal must have a contact phone number for parent/guardian verification of the note will not be honered.

The student shall be reguired to make up missed work as specified by the classroom teacher. It is the studen's responsibility to collect and return missed work within two (2) days of his/her return. Failure to complete missed assignments shall constitute a zero for the assignment. Students who have unexcused absences forfeit the right to receive make up work/

Students may be retained after ten (10) unexcused absences. No credit is defined on a numerical grading scale as sixty-nine (69).