This Page refers to practices that take place when we are on campus in our traditional model. Please refer to the "Distance Learning" tab for distance learning attendance policies.
Attendance Vocabulary
Truancy: In California, a student is truant if he/she is absent or tardy by more than 30 minutes without a valid excuse on 3 occasions in a school year. Habitual Truancy: A student is habitually truant if he/she is absent without a valid excuse for 5 days during a school year. Chronic Truancy: A student is chronically truant if he/she is absent without a valid excuse for at least 10% of the school year. Chronic Absence: In California, chronic absence is typically defined as being absent for any reason (excused or unexcused) for at least 10% of the school year. Thus, in a 175- or 180-day school year, a student who misses 18 days of school or more is chronically absent. Excused Absence:
Illness or injury of pupil
Medical appointment during school hours of a child of whom the pupil is a custodial parent
Medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic services
Funeral of immediate family member (may include any relative residing with the pupil) - 1 day: in-state - 3 days: out-of-state and/or country
Quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer
Any student that arrives after 8:30am will be sent to the office to receive a tardy pass before entering the classroom. For Middle School students, any students entering after the bell for any period will be sent to the office to receive a tardy pass before being allowed to enter the classroom.
Students With IDT (Inter District Transfer) Contracts
A permit may be denied, revoked, or rescinded at any time by the District of Attendance for the following reasons: Student is excessively tardy or absent from school, or is brought to school excessively early or left excessively late. Truant (3 absence marks): Initial Parent Notification Habitual Truant (5 absence marks): Notice of IDT Probation Letter Chronic Truant (10% of enrolled days): Revocation of IDT
Next Steps for Students with Truant, Habitual, or Chronic Attendance
Truant (3 absence marks): Initial Parent Notification Habitual Truant (5 absence marks): Parent Notification Letter Chronic Truant (10% of enrolled days): Referral to SART
