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Absent
Notes
Within two (2) days of returning from an absence, a student shall provide a
note that describes the reason for absence. The student’s parent or guardian
shall sign the note. If the student is eighteen or older or has been declared
by a court to be an emancipated minor, the student may sign in place of a parent
or guardian.
The note should include the following information:
1. Full legal name of student,
2. Student's ID number and grade written on the note or on the medical document,
3. Date(s) of absence,
4. Reason for absence, and
5. Parent signature and phone number.
***Medical documentation can take the place of the above items.
Make-Up
Work
Student’s Responsibility:
Students who have been absent for any reason must make up the work they missed.
It is the student’s responsibility to check with each teacher the day
the student returns from an absence to determine the work needed to be done
as make-up and to arrange specific dates for completing the work and for taking
tests, if any tests have been missed. Assignments that were due on the day
of the absence will be due on the day the student returns. The student will
be allowed one day for each day of an excused absence to make up the assigned
work. One day of make-up time is allowed for each day of absence. (Example:
One day absent -- one day to make up work; two days absent -- two days to make
up work; etc.) Failure to make up the work may result in academic penalties.
Obtaining Assignments:
1. If a student is absent due to an extended illness (three (3) or more days)
and wishes to get assignments before returning to school, the student or parent
may contact the receptionist as soon as possible and request assignments. There
may also be instances when work is needed before an absence occurs. In order
to obtain this work, a note should be presented to the teacher explaining the
reason for the absence and the dates of the absence. If the absence is considered
an excused absence, arrangements will be made to provide the schoolwork.
2. A minimum of twenty-four (24) hours is needed to obtain work for one (1)
or two (2) day’s absence and forty-eight (48) hours to obtain work for
three (3) days or more. Students who miss classes due to extracurricular activities
or prearranged absences are required to obtain assignments prior to the absence.
Such work is due the next time the student attends that class.
Major Assignments:
If a student is absent on days that major assignments are due (e.g., term papers),
it is the student's responsibility to make arrangements to have the work turned
in on the day it is due. Make-up work must be done according to campus, teacher
and course specifications.
Making
Up Missed Time
When students are required to make up clock hours missed due to absences, they
may attend the Clock Hour Class. They will be required to bring assignments
to work on during the complete session. (The Clock Hour Class is also used
by administrators as an alternate discipline form. Students serving detention
in the Clock Hour Class for violations of school discipline rules will not
also be granted absence time equivalency during that same detention.) Students
are responsible for their own transportation to and from the Clock Hour Class.
Students may make up one half of their hours in community service with prior
written approval given by their grade level principal. All hours must be completed
by the end of the semester in which the absences occurred or credits and TEA
forms will be withheld.
Permit
to Leave
Students needing to leave early should bring a note to the Attendance Office
before first period begins. The note must state the full name of the student,
student's ID number, grade level, specific time of absence, specific reason
for absence, and the signature and phone number of the parent. Permission to
leave may not be requested by phone except in emergencies. Permission to leave
that is requested by phone must be approved through a principal. At the time
specified on the permit, the student will present the permit to the teacher
and then leave campus. Students who leave campus without permission will be
subject to disciplinary consequences. Students will receive a tardy for failing
to obtain a Permit to Leave prior to the warning bell, which may result in
disciplinary actions.
When the student returns to school, the student must report to the Attendance
Office. The student should present the original permit to leave and a completed
Doctor's Verification Form if requested by the Attendance Office. Failure to
obtain a permit to leave will result in disciplinary action.
Late to
Class
Tardiness reduces instructional time and disrupts class routine. Therefore,
students must be seated in their
assigned seats when the bell rings. Students who are more than ten (10) minutes
late to an individual class will be considered absent from class. Tardiness
will result in administrative action.
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