Program Information
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Attendance
• Regular attendance is very important for a child’ s learning and school experience.
• If your child will be absent, call the classroom and bus company( if applicable) to make them aware of the absence.
• If a child misses two class days in a row with no phone call from a parent / guardian, the teacher will call the child’ s home.
• If additional days are missed with no communication, the preschool program will follow-up with the parent / guardian.
• If a child misses a total of five or more consecutive days with no communications the child may be dropped from the preschool program.
• Please notify the teacher if your child will be missing 15 or more consecutive days.
Class Withdrawal
If you need to withdraw your child from preschool, please call the main preschool office at 763-506-1500. If there is tuition paid when a withdrawal occurs after the start of a month, there is no refund for that current month, however, any prepaid tuition will be refunded.
Bus Companies
Families will receive a bus card in the mail prior to school starting: KEEP THIS CARD. It will provide bus / van company phone numbers and your child’ s transportation information. Your child will also have a bus / van tag on their backpack.
When calling the bus company, provide your student’ s name, school of attendance and bus number( if known), so they can quickly identify the bus your child is on.
Kottkes’ Bus Service: 763-755-3100, ext. 1 First Student Anoka: 763-421-3199 First Student Champlin: 763-421-5785 NorthStar Bus: 763-425-2542 Lorenz Bus: 763-201-8869
Transportation Questions: call Anoka-Hennepin Schools Transportation
Services Department at 763-506-1125
Illness
If your child is ill, call the classroom and bus company( if applicable) each day to make them aware of the absence.
When should my child stay home?
• If there is a temperature of 100 degrees or more. Temperature must be normal( 98.6 degrees) for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
• Vomiting, diarrhea, any undiagnosed rash, discharge from the eyes, ears or heavy nasal discharge or severe cold symptoms present.
Read the‘ Is My Child Well Enough To Go To School’ policy
• Exposure to communicable diseases( Common Cold Respiratory Symptoms, Scabies, Whooping Cough, Measles, Ringworm, Fifth Disease, Mumps, Chickenpox, Impetigo, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Strep Throat, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease) should be reported to your child’ s teacher. If your child is contagious, they may not attend preschool until 24 hours after medication begins or is released by a doctor. For Strep Throat, child may return to preschool 12 hours after medication has been administered.
If your child becomes ill at school, a parent / guardian or authorized person will be called to take your child home.