Attendance Matters!
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Students returning to school from an absence are required to present a written explanatory excuse from their parent or legal guardian stating the cause for the absence.
The following causes are acceptable excuses for being absent:
(1) illness or injury of the student;
(2) serious illness or death in the student's family;
(3) inclement weather;
(4) official religious holiday;
(5) a bus failure or a bus being late.A physician's note is needed when
(1) the student has been absent for 3 are more consecutive days,
(2) has had surgery,
(3) is returning to school after hospitalization,
(4) has been under the doctor's care for a significant illness, or
(5) is returning to school after being excluded because of a communicable disease.You have up to 3 days to turn these notes in after the student has returned to school, or they will not be excused.