Bus riding arrangements are managed by the Transportation Department of EBRPSS and may be reached at( 225) 226-3784.
ABSENCES, TARDIES AND EARLY CHECK OUTS
The tardy bell is at 8:30 AM. Students arriving after the tardy bell are to be accompanied by an adult. The adult must bring the student into the Administrative office and sign the student into the school.
The student will receive a tardy slip. Note that excessive tardies will be reported to the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance. A tardy is excused only with a doctor’ s excuse from a physician’ s office.
Any child leaving before the 3:25 PM dismissal time must be signed out in the Administrative office by an authorized adult listed on the emergency contact information sheet. Students cannot be checked out early after 3:00 PM. During this time, teachers and students are preparing to end the day and cannot be disturbed. If you must check your child out early, please do so before 3:00 PM. An early check out is only excused with a doctor’ s excuse from a physician’ s office.
If your child is absent from school, you must send a note to school with your child explaining the absence. Excused absences are: personal illness, death in the immediate family, serious illness in the immediate family or religious holidays. Extended illnesses( 3 days or more) must be accompanied by a doctor’ s excuse from a physician’ s office.
Absent students are reported to the attendance office and will receive a call from the District Attorney. Students with 5 unexcused absences will be reported to the Office of Child Welfare & Attendance. Students with 20 unexcused absences will be retained in that grade for another year unless the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance grants a waiver due to extenuating circumstances. This is a state law.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Please have your child in school on time every day. We cannot teach a child who is not here, and tardy students are an interruption to the entire class. Keep in mind it is often impossible for a student to make-up the learning experiences provided at school.
In October BESE approved a revised policy on attendance for students that went in effect for the 2011-2012 school year.( http:// www. louisianabelieves. com / academics / attendance-requirements) The policy states that students must meet the required time amounts to receive credit for class. This means students are required to be present at least 94 percent of the time – at least 167 days. This
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