Attendance+continued


 * Truancy**

A student who is absent from school without a valid excuse more than three consecutive day or is tardy in excess of 30 minutes on each of four days or more is truant and can be reported to the attendance officer of the local public school district.


 * Absence from School Premises**

At no time during the school day are pupils allowed to leave the school grounds, even during recess or lunch.

Except by previous agreement.

This also extends to students involved in after school activities. Unless they are accompanied by a parent or guardian, they may not leave the school grounds and then return for an activity or event. If arrangements have been made and the child is to be picked up, the parent or legal guardian must sign the child out in the office (Not with the classroom teacher) before the child is released. If someone other than the parent or guardian is picking up the child they must be listed on the child,’s emergency form or provide a signed written note from the parent or guardian before the child will be released.

A child who re-enters school the same day must be signed in at the office. The school assumes no liability in cases where students leave the premise in violation of the above policy