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3. Times for early dismissals should coincide with the beginning or ending of a class period to reduce instructional disruptions.
4. Students with an early dismissal note will need to sign out in the Attendance Office at Byrnes or RD (when on RD’s campus). 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.
5. No phone calls will be accepted for early dismissal. Parent requests should be submitted in writing or online before 10:00.
6. Administrative approval will be required for early dismissals/late arrivals that do not meet the above criteria.
7. Parents who want to sign students out during Lunch and Return to School the Same Day: Parents/guardians must go to the Attendance Office and sign out students. Parents/guardians must also sign students back in when they return to school.
8. Students with medical appointments may sign themselves out and return with a medical note. They must check out through an approved early dismissial parent note. They must check in at the Attendance Office.
9. Students with 4th period study hall who have early dismissal must turn in their early dismissal form to the attendance office.
10. All exceptions must be cleared with administration.
11. Students who are 18 or older will not be allowed to leave campus
without parental permission.
Returning from an Absence
On the day students return to school, they must present their first period teachers with documentation for Type I absences and signed parent notes (written on District Five absence forms located in the back of the handbook and on the BHS web page) for Type II absences. The BHS administration reserves the right to determine the authenticity of all notes, letters, and other documentation submitted for absences. Students have three school days to submit documentation and notes. The classification of absences is UNLAWFUL (unexcused) without these items. Students should turn notes into their first period teachers. Written requests for special consideration can be submitted to the principal in cases of extenuating circumstances. Attendance appeals will not be considered until the end of the grading period and must be completed within two weeks after report cards are issued.
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