Overview : Enfield High School prohibits the use of cell phones and other personal smart devices in the classroom during the class period . This is to improve student focus , academic achievement , and wellbeing . Student misuse of cell phones in the classroom negatively impacts their ability to focus and succeed in the classroom . Rationale : While technology can be an excellent tool for supporting authentic learning experiences , we are finding that inappropriate use of personal devices can be detrimental to student wellbeing and academic performance .
EHS Cell Phone / Personal Device Rules & Regulations è Use of personal cell phones and devices are permitted during passing time and during students ’ assigned lunch period . è Use of personal cell phones , headphones , and other personal devices are not permitted during class time . This includes when the student uses the pass during class time . è Personal cell phones and devices should be out of sight during class time .
Attendance Policy P5113 Attendance Connecticut state law requires parents to cause their children , ages five through eighteen inclusive , to attend school regularly during the hours and terms the public school is in session . Parents or persons having control of a child five ( 5 ) years of age have the option of not sending the child to school until ages six or seven . Mandatory attendance terminates upon graduation or withdrawal with written parent / guardian consent at age seventeen .
A student is considered to be “ in attendance ” if present at his / her assigned school , or an activity sponsored by the school ( e . g ., field trip ), for at least half of the regular school day . A student who is serving an out-ofschool suspension or expulsion should always be considered absent . A student not meeting the definition of “ in attendance ” shall be considered absent .
Classroom learning experiences are the basis for public school education . Time lost from class is lost instructional opportunity . The Board of Education requires that accurate records be kept of the attendance of each child , and students should not be absent from school without parental knowledge and consent .
Definitions ( related to chronic absenteeism )
Chronically absent child : An enrolled student whose total number of absences at any time during a school year is equal to or greater than ten percent of the total number of days that such student has been enrolled at such school during such school year .
Absence : An excused absence , unexcused absence or disciplinary absence , as those terms are defined by the State Board of Education pursuant to C . G . S . 10-198b .
District chronic absenteeism rate : The total number of chronically absent children in the previous school year divided by the total number of children under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education for such school year .
School chronic absenteeism rate : The total number of chronically absent children for a school in the previous school year divided by the total number of children enrolled in such school for such school year .
Revised 8 / 23 / 2024