Attendance

Absences & Tardies

If your child is absent or tardy, please send a note explaining the reason. An example of an absence note that contains all required information is available for you to copy at the end of this page. You have 3 days to report the absence.

All students arriving after the bell has rung  at 8:30 need to report to the office where they will receive a tardy slip. 

In order for a Tardy to be excused, a Doctor's note must be provided within 3 days.

According to the school district’s attendance policy, a parent must report his/her student’s absence to the school in writing, by phone, or in person, within 3 days. If the absence is not verified as an excusable absence, it shall be recorded as unexcused. Please refer to the district’s “Annual Notification to Parents/Guardians” booklet for further details on their attendance policy regarding “excused” and “unexcused” absences.

Per Educational Code 48260, “Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without valid excuse for 3 full days in one school year or tardy or absent for more than any 30-minute period during the school day without a valid excuse on 3 occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof, is truant and shall be reported to the attendance supervisor or to the superintendent of the school district.”

Continued truancy will result in parent conferences and may result in a referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB).

Students Leaving Early

An authorized parent or guardian must report to the school office to sign out the student. (Authorization to release a student must be clearly indicated on the Emergency Authorization Card. Persons on the Emergency Card must be 18 years or older. Students will not be released to minors.)

The parent or authorized adult must go to the Edison School office and follow these required procedures:

• Indicate the name of the child
• List the room or the teacher
• Write the reason for the student being taken from school
• Sign out each child so there is a record of his/her leaving school (Identification will be checked if adult is unknown to office staff)

In order for a Student Leaving Early to be excused, a Doctor's note must be provided within 3 days.

The office staff will make arrangements for releasing a pupil from his/her instructional area. At NO time:

• should a child be picked up directly from the classroom
• should the child wait outside the classroom or in front of the school for a parent to pick him/her
up at a prearranged time
• should a child walk home to meet his/her parent during the school day

CHILDREN WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO INDIVIDUALS NOT LISTED ON THE EMERGENCY CARD. Thus, it is very important to keep these cards current. 

• Attendance Guidelines

  Methods of Verification - EC 46012, BP 5113

  When students who have been absent return to school, they shall present a satisfactory explanation verifying the

  reason for the absence within three (3) days of return to school.

         * Written note from parent/guardian, parent representative.

         * Conversation, in person or by telephone, between the verifying employee and the student’s parent/guardian, parent representative.  The employee shall subsequently record the following:

  1.   Name of student

  2.   Name of parent/guardian or parent representative

  3.   Name of verifying employee

  4.   Date(s) of absence

  5.   Reason for absence

        * Visit to the student’s home by the verifying employee, or any other reasonable method which establishes the fact that the student was absent for the reasons stated.

         *  Physician’s Verification:

  1.   When excusing students for confidential medical services or verifying such appointments, district staff shall not ask the purpose of such appointments but may contact the medical office to confirm the time of the appointment.

  2.   When a student has had 14 absences in the school year for illness verified by methods listed above, any further absences for illness must be verified by a physician.

         * Make-up work is required for excused absences

        *  Make-up work for unexcused absences is at teacher’s discretion.

  Excused Absences – EC 46014 and 48205

  Students, with the written consent of their parents or guardians, may be excused from school in order to participate in religious exercises or to receive moral or religious instruction.

  A student absent from school for excused reasons shall be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence that can be reasonably provided and, upon satisfactory completion within a reasonable period of time, shall be given full credit. The teacher of the class from which a student is absent shall determine which tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the student missed during the absence.

  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 48200, a student shall be excused from school when the absence is:

  (1)   Due to his or her illness.

  (2)   Due to quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer.

  (3)   For the purpose of having medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic services rendered.

  (4)   For the purpose of attending the funeral services of a member of his or her immediate family, so long as the absence is not more than one day if the service is conducted in California and not more than three days if the service is conducted outside California.

  (5)   For the purpose of jury duty in the manner provided for by law.

  (6)   Due to the illness or medical appointment during school hours of a child of whom the student is the custodial parent.

   (7)  For justifiable personal reasons, including, but not limited to, an appearance in court, attendance at a funeral service, observance of a holiday or ceremony of his or her religion, attendance at religious retreats, attendance at an employment conference, or attendance at an educational conference on the legislative or judicial process offered by a nonprofit organization when the student's absence is requested in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or a designated representative pursuant to uniform standards established by the governing board.

  (8)   For the purpose of serving as a member of a precinct board for an election pursuant to Section 12302 of the Elections Code.

  (9)   For the purpose of spending time with a member of the pupil's immediate family, who is an active duty member of the uniformed services, as defined in EC § 49701, and has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from, deployment to a combat zone or combat support position. Absences granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be granted for a period of time to be determined at the discretion of the superintendent of the school district.

   

  (b)  A student absent from school under this section shall be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence

  that can be reasonably provided and, upon satisfactory completion within a reasonable period of time, shall be given full credit therefore. The teacher of the class from which a student is absent shall determine which tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the student missed during the absence.

  (c) For purposes of this section, attendance at religious retreats shall not exceed four hours per semester.

  (d) Absences pursuant to this section are deemed to be absences in computing average daily attendance and shall not generate state apportionment payments.

  (e) "Immediate family," as used in this section, has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 45194, except that references therein to "employee" shall be deemed to be references to "student."

  Vacation and business trips are unexcused

  Transfers/Withdrawals

  Please notify the teacher and the office at least two days before your child is withdrawn from school. This will assist us in clearing his/her records and will facilitate the transfer of the student. Any lost or missing school materials must be accounted for before records are sent to the new school.

     Child Custody Agreements

     Please keep the office informed of any child custody issues by providing court orders to the office. This information will be       kept confidential, and in the best interest of the child, will be known by the teacher and those who dismiss children. If               these arrangements include an address change of either parent, please update your records in the office.