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Early Dismissal from School or Class
If a student should need to leave school early for any reason, he/she should bring a note containing the following information:
1. Current date
2. Student’s full name
3. Student’s grade level
4. Time to be dismissed
5. Specific reason(s) for dismissal
6. Phone numbers where parents/guardians can be reached to verify notes 7. Signatures of parents/guardians
" All requests must be presented to the first period teachers as soon after the 8:10 a.m. bell as possible.
" Students who leave campus early must go to the attendance office and sign out. Students who fail to sign out will be given Principals’ Detention.
" Times for early dismissals should coincide with the beginning or ending of a class period to reduce instructional disruptions.
" Students with an early dismissal note will need to sign out in the Attendance Office. No student will be allowed to leave or return during a class period without a medical appointment or without a parent coming to the office to sign the student in or out. Parents are requested to sign students in/out only at the end of a class period.
" Administrative approval will be required for early dismissals/late arrivals that do not meet the above criteria.
" Parents Who Want to Sign Students Out During Lunch and Return to School the Same Day: Parents/guardians must go to the Front Office and sign out students. Parents/guardians must also sign students back in when they return to school. Parents/guardians must present an ID to dismiss a student from school.
" Students with medical appointments may sign themselves out and return with a medical note. They must check in at the Attendance Office.
" All exceptions must be cleared with the administration.
" Students who are 18 or older will not be allowed to leave campus
without parental permission.
Credit Denial Due to Insufficient Attendance
The grade level administrator will review each attendance situation at the end of the course. When extenuating circumstances arise, the grade level administrator will determine if credit will be granted. (The establishment of rules and regulations defining lawful and unlawful absences is based on the SC State Board Regulations for Attendance.)
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