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Attendance

 

Village View’s classes begin at 8:45 am and students may not arrive prior to 8:15 am.

Regular attendance is a central factor in your child’s education. Your help is important to ensure that your child is at school every day on time unless he/she is ill.

Students must stay on campus from arrival in the morning, during lunch, and until dismissal.  Students may not leave the campus for any reason unless signed out by a parent or guardian (indicated on the emergency card) in the front office.

 

--- TYPES OF ABSENCES ---

Excused:  Illness, including an absence for the benefit of the pupil’s mental or behavioral health, medical or dental, optometry or chiropractic appointments, court appointments, attendance at the funeral service of an immediate family member, a quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer, or immunization exclusion, and observance of a religious holiday, or time spent with an active duty immediate family member, attendance at a naturalization ceremony, cultural ceremony, or political event.  Once a student has been excused from school for 10 or more school days, a doctor’s note may be required to excuse additional absences.

Unexcused:  Examples of unexcused absences include vacation trips, shopping, transportation breakdown, celebrations, missing the bus, negligence, oversleeping, and suspensions.

 

--- TARDIES ---

It is important that students learn to be on time for school. Tardiness is difficult for the student and is disruptive to the entire classroom.  If a student is late to school even five (5) minutes, he/she must check in at the office with a note (unless accompanied by a parent). Consistent tardiness may also lead to implementation of Attendance Interventions.

 

--- TRUANCY --- 

California Education Code requires that every child between the ages of six and sixteen must attend school full time unless exempt under State law. A child is considered truant when he/she has been absent from school without a valid excuse for more than three days or tardy in excess of 30 minutes more than three days in one school year. If student attendance does not improve, official referral may be made to the Student Attendance Review Board. 

 

--- VERIFICATION OF ABSENCE ---

When students are absent, their parent/guardian should call the absence line at 714.846.2801 to report the absence.  Have the following information available:

  • Date of absence
  • First and last name of student
  • Grade of student
  • Student’s teacher
  • Reason for absence
  • Your name and relationship to student

Requests for homework should be made before 9:30 am for pick-up in the front office after 2:00 pm.

All students returning from an absence which has not been verified by phone must bring a note on the first day back from an absence. Dates of absence, reason for absence(s) and parent signature need to be included on the note. These notes are stored at the school for five years in case of a state audit.

 

--- ATTENDANCE INTERVENTION ---

Consistent School attendance is linked to strong achievement in school and is required by Education Code 48200.  Students who miss school more than 10% of school days within a school year (18 days) are considered Chronically Absent and are less likely to meet grade level learning objectives. Education Codes 48260-48263 require schools to notify parents/guardians when their student has accumulated 5 and 10 excused/illness absence days.  Once a student has been excused from school for 10 or more school days, a doctor’s note may be required to excuse additional absences.  

EC 48262 defines absences which are not excused as “truant.”  Students with  3 and  5 unexcused absence days will be notified of attendance concerns and encouraged to improve attendance. The Principal may request parent/guardians attend School Attendance Review Team (SART) meetings and sign an attendance improvement contract. Students with a continued or habitual pattern of poor attendance will be referred to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) where representatives will create a contract to assist the student/family in improving attendance as an alternative to referrals to the Juvenile Justice System. 

 

--- ILLNESS ---

If a student appears ill, has a fever, or any other symptoms of ill health, he/she should not be sent to school.  If a student is sent to school and/or becomes ill during school hours, the teacher will issue a pass to the Health Office. If it is necessary to send the student home, the school health tech/nurse/office staff will contact the parents or other adult listed as an emergency contact.

 

--- MEDICAL APPOINTMENT /CHECKOUTS ---

Medical appointments should be scheduled so that they do not interfere with class time.  Students who find it necessary to leave school for medical appointments are encouraged to return to school after the appointment has been completed.

Please send a note with your child on the day he/she is to be checked out early.  Do not go directly to the classroom.  Report to the office to sign your child out, and the child will be called to meet you in the office.  The office does not call down to the classroom ahead of time.

 

--- INDEPENDENT STUDY ---

We ask that you bring your child to school on time each day and plan family vacations during school vacation days.  If time away from school is unavoidable, the student may receive an Independent Study Contract so that the student’s academic program is not interrupted. Upon successful completion of the work as assigned in the Independent Study, the absences will be recorded as “excused”. If the work assigned is not completed or not completed satisfactorily, the student’s absences will be recorded as “unexcused”.  Independent Study is limited to a maximum of 15 school days and subject to administrator approval.  Students whose attendance demonstrates chronic absenteeism (10% or more) may not be approved for Independent Study.

 

--- WITHDRAWAL OR TRANSFER OF STUDENTS ---

The parent or guardian of the student who is withdrawing or transferring should come to the office stating where the student is moving, the last attendance date, and if known, the school the student will attend. A clearance sheet must be signed by the student’s teachers and the librarian, and returned to the office prior to unenrolling.  All property must be returned before a transfer card will be issued by the office.