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TYPE III ABSENCES
▪ DO​ count toward the maximum allowable absences for courses (3 or 5)
▪ No permission to make up work ▪ Unexcused/unlawful
Type III Absences:
Are any absence that do not fit either of the above two categories. Examples are absences without parent notes or other required documentation, cases of students skipping/cutting classes, students leaving campus without permission, etc. These unlawful absences will be referred to the school administration for appropriate disciplinary action.
Interventions for Problematic Attendance
To encourage and assist students in attending school regularly, the school administrator or his/her designee will implement the following intervention procedures.
1. A computerized system will call parents whose students are absent from school. Please be diligent in updating phone information in order to receive the calls.
2. The attendance clerk will send a letter to parents:
a. On the 2​nd​ absence (excluding Type I absences) b. On the 5t​h​ absence (excluding Type I absences)
3. Teachers will contact parents on students’ 3r​d​ absence from courses.
4. Grade principals will call the parents of students who have been absent five days (excluding Type I absences).The principal or his/her designee
may require a School Intervention Team meeting with the
parent/guardian and student (when appropriate).
5. Grade principals will monitor attendance of students who are denied
credit during a previous year. On the third absence in courses of the
current year, grade-level principals will hold conferences with students.
6. Continued absenteeism will be referred to the juvenile justice system.
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