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ATTENDANCE POLICY

ATTENDENCE POLICY

        • Absences described in the policy are to take care of a personal illness, professional, appointments, and/ or other serious or personal problems.
        • School sponsored or sanctioned activities will not count toward total absences.
        • Principals and their staff will contact parents whenever illegal or suspicious absences occur. The principal may send a referral for investigation and/or home visits to the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance.
        • The St. Mary Parish School Board Office of Special Education provides homebound instruction to pupils who have health problems requiring them to miss school for at least ten (10) days. (See Homebound Policy.)
        • A student suspended from school for disciplinary reasons will have those days charged against the total number of absences.
        • It is extremely important that students and parents realize and understand that days of absence built into the attendance policy are not to be used as skip days, but rather they should be used only as indicated in this policy.
        • All students enrolled in alternative to regular placement will adhere to the same attendance policy as regular students.
        • A student will not be allowed to leave school early unless a parent or guardian personally signs the student out of the office.  A check out will count as an absence.  In case of extenuating circumstances, parents may appeal to the principal.