Absence Notes
Family vacations should be planned with the school calendar in mind to prevent children from missing classroom instructional time. When a student is absent, parents must either reply to the CTLS notification they receive with the reason for the absence or provide a written excuse and/or a doctor’s note within 3 days upon returning to school. Please include the following information:
- Child’s name
- Teacher’s name
- Date(s) of absence
- Reason for absence
- Parent’s signature
Emailing the teacher does not count as the excuse note.
State law governs excused absences. If a child needs to be out for an extended period of time, please notify the teacher and the school registrar. Please make every effort to schedule medical and dental appointments after school hours to avoid interruption of the instructional program. You will receive a CTLS notification each day your child is absent or tardy.
If a child comes to school after 11:05 am or leaves before 11:05 am, he/she will be counted absent. A child must be here for a minimum of half the school day to be considered present.
Attendance Referral Process:
- Three (3) unexcused absences: Teachers will communicate with parents regarding student attendance via e-mail, phone or parent conference.
- Five (5) unexcused absences: A school generated letter will be sent to the parents.
- Seven (7) unexcused absences: A school social work referral will be generated by principal or principal designee listing specific school-based interventions (phone calls, letters, conferences, etc.) that have occurred prior to making the referral.
Reporting a Transportation Change:
For the safety of ALL our students, students will be dismissed based on what the enrolling adult puts into ParentVue. If you need to make a change to dismissal in ParentVue, it must be done by 1:30 p.m. Teachers and substitutes will open ParentVue at the end of the day and will be able to see any changes that were made throughout the day. We DO NOT accept faxes, e-mails, texts, or word of mouth as transportation changes. ALL changes must be made through ParentVue. Refrain from using the “notes” section when changing your child’s dismissal. That is not what teacher’s see when they pull up ParentVue. Also, do not email the teacher because if they have a substitute that day, the substitute will not see the email. However, every substitute will open ParentVue at the end of the day and dismiss students according to that.
