shall be provided a copy of this notification. Additional copies shall be
maintained in the student’s records.
b. Upon the student’s second truancy from school or from an individual class, the
student shall be issued a written notification that he/she has lost ¼ credit in any
classes from which the student was truant. The student shall be required to sign
this notification. Notification may be sent home unsigned if the student’s
absenteeism prevents the student from signing the notification in a timely
manner. The student shall be provided a copy of this notification. Additional
copies shall be maintained in the student’s records.
c. A similar pattern of warnings and credit losses will be followed for subsequent
truancies. A third truancy from school or from a specified class will result in a
warning for potential loss of credit. A fourth truancy from school or from a
specified class will result in an additional loss of credit.
5. These absences will also count towards the total number of absences under the
attendance policy.
6. Students will receive a zero (0) for all schoolwork on the day of truancy.
B. Participation in After-School Activities
1. Students who are absent from school will not be allowed to participate in any after
school activity on the day of the absence.
2. Students absent on Fridays will not participate in Friday or weekend events.
3. At the discretion of the Building Principal, or the Principal’s designee, tardy students
who have established a pattern of tardiness, may be suspended from after school
activities for that day.
a. A pattern of tardiness shall be defined as three or more unexcused tardies in a
given marking period.
b. Students who have established a pattern of tardiness are to be warned that
continued tardiness would result in suspension from after school activities before
such suspensions are to take place.
c. The decision of the Building Principal or the Principal’s designee is final.
d. The Principal or the Principal’s designee is to notify the student’s coach or
activity advisor of such a suspension.
C. Class Attendance
A. Tardiness to Class
1. Excused Tardies to Class
a. Students who arrive late to class are expected to obtain a pass from a teacher
or administrator, excusing their tardiness.
b. Students have up to 24 hours to secure an official pass for the tardiness;
otherwise it will be considered an unexcused tardy to class.
2. Unexcused Tardies to Class
a. Unexcused tardies to class will be treated as part of the attendance policy.
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