Elementary School Attendance Procedures

Students need to be on time for instruction. Morning and afternoon attendance is taken. Tardiness limits a student’s learning time and is disruptive to others in the class. At the elementary level, a tardy is coming to school within the first 90 minutes of the school day. Arriving after the first 90 minutes is considered absent for the morning. Likewise, a student leaving within 90 minutes of the end of the school day will be marked, “Signed out early at end of day”. If the student is signed out with more than 90 minutes left of the school day, they will be marked absent for the afternoon. Leaving early is equivalent to being tardy. Excessive tardiness or leaving early hinders the student’s ability to make progress in school. On the fifth tardy, school personnel will make contact with the parent/guardian to problem solve in an effort to eliminate this loss.