ABSENCES
When absent for sickness or medical reasons, it is very important for the student to bring an appropriate note from a parent or doctor's office in order to excuse the absence. This note, per District policy, must be provided to the attendance clerk in the main office within 48 hours upon the student's return. Failure to do so will result in the absence being coded as unexcused. Unexcused absences can lead to loss of credit in one or more classes (below).
EXCESSIVE ABSENCES (LOSS OF COURSE CREDIT)
State Law requires that students be present 90% of the time for a student to receive course credit. On the block schedule, this translates into a student losing credit when the student has 5 or more absences in a semester. When this happens, the student should immediately see his or her assistant principal to make arrangements to make up the absences and restore credit. Except under rare circumstances, the assistant principal will assign Saturday School to make up the absences and require that the student stop being absent. When a student receives no credit due to absences, the class is said to have an "NC."
Students should be sure to see their assistant principal to get an accurate account of their absences to set up plans or getting excessive absences (NCs) made up.