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Attendance Policy
Attendance Policy
Regular and punctual attendance is a habit that is indicative of a student's attitude toward school and which will follow into the student's career and other responsibilities throughout life. The school and parents must work cooperatively by making regular and punctual attendance a top priority. The responsibility for school attendance belongs with parents and guardians. The following shall govern the development and administration of attendance procedures within the district. Students involved in extracurricular activities are responsible for picking up assignments from their instructors when leaving early for school-related activities.
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Unexcused absences fall into two categories:
- The parent, guardian, or adult student submits an excuse that does not meet the definition of an excused absence as defined previously; or
- The parent, guardian, or adult student fails to submit any type of excuse statement, whether by phone, email or in writing, for an absence.
Unexcused absences are a violation of school rules; therefore, a student who has an unexcused absence is subject to discipline. RCW 28A.225.020 defines the school’s responsibility in filing truancy petitions (a Becca Petition) when a student has 7 unexcused absences in one month or 15 in one year and the school can document an effort to contact parents and remedy the situation without court intervention.
Truancy petitions are filed with the Superior Court of Washington for Whitman County Juvenile Department in compliance with RCW 28A.225. Students arriving late to school without an excused note or phone call are considered truant.
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Absences due to the following reasons shall be excused: 1) physical health or mental health symptoms, illness, health condition, and medical appointments; 2) family emergencies and death/illness or a family member; 3) religious or cultural purposes; 4) court-ordered activity or jury service; and 5) as required by law and outlined in policy 3122. All specific instances for excused absences are outlined in policy and procedure 3122. An excused absence shall be verified by the parent or school authority responsible for the absence.
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Students are tardy when they arrive to class after the bell signaling the start of class. Unexcused tardies are recorded. Any student receiving two unexcused tardies within a two-week period will receive a lunch detention. An accumulation of four tardy sanctions will result in the assignment of after school detention for each additional tardy.
Minimum attendance thresholds are set by the Superintendent. For a student to be determined 'present', they must be present at least 50% of an attendance period.