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MINIMUM ATTENDANCE FOR PROMOTION
To be eligible for promotion to the next grade, students in grades K-8 are expected to achieve 95 percent attendance. Students who achieve 90-94 percent attendance may be promoted at the discretion of the building principal if:
• all absences are justified and validated as set forth in policy JBD
• circumstances warrant
• all work is completed satisfactorily in a timely manner
• academic achievement meets requirements for promotion
Students who achieve less than 90 percent attendance will not be promoted to the next grade. Parents of students affected by this rule may request a review of the circumstances. This request must be made in writing to the principal of the school not later than five (5) days after the end of the school year. Appropriate documentation should accompany the request. The matter will be adjudicated as outlined in the Elementary School Procedures Manual.
EXCUSED AND UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
Absence from school is classified as excused or unexcused. Students may be temporarily excused from school and allowed to make up class work. An excused absence does not mean the student is given credit for being at school. It means that the student may make up work missed during the excused absence.
Reasons established by the Georgia Board of Education as excused are as follows:
1. personally ill and when attendance in school would endanger
student's health or the health of others
2. a serious illness in student's immediate family
3. death in student's immediate family
4. religious holiday
5. conditions render attendance impossible or hazardous to student's
health or safety
Students should present a written excuse within three [3] days after an absence whether excused or unexcused. Failure to do so will result in the absence(s) remaining unexcused. Only students who have excused absences may make up work or tests missed. The note must contain:
1. The date of the excuse
2. The date and day of the absence
3. Reason for absence
4. Signature of parent or guardian
Upon returning to school, students should complete makeup work missed within five [5] school days. Parents may pick up homework assignments in the school office. The teacher, however, should be given adequate time to prepare homework assignments and materials.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
To receive an award for Perfect Attendance, a student may be neither absent nor tardy, nor may he/she be dismissed before the end of the instructional day.
TARDINESS/EARLY DISMISSAL
Instruction begins promptly at 8:30 AM, and a student is considered tardy after that time. A student who is tardy must report to the office to check in. A parent is expected to accompany the student and to sign him/her in. If a school bus arrives after 8:30 AM, students will not be considered tardy; and, no tardy permit is necessary. Three [3] unexcused tardies and/or three [3] unexcused early dismissals shall be counted as an unexcused absence.
RELEASE OF STUDENTS
The school may not release a student to any person other than the person who enrolled the student in school. If an individual other than the person who enrolled the student in school is authorized to take the student from school on a regular basis (e.g., a grandparent or other relative, childcare provider, etc.), the person who enrolled the student in school must notify the school of such in writing and this notification should be placed in the student's record. If someone other than the person who enrolled the student in school (or an individual authorized in writing by this person) attempts to take custody of the child or to remove the child from the school, the school will immediately contact the person who enrolled the student in school. If a person who attempts to take custody of the child without consent of the person who enrolled the student in school refuses to leave the campus or causes a problem, the school will contact the appropriate law enforcement agency. (This provision shall not apply with respect to State or local law enforcement officers.)
SCHOOL DAY
The school day for all students begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m. Students must be in attendance for a minimum of at least one-half of the instructional day to be counted present all day. Cutoff time for determining attendance is 11:30 a.m. If a student leaves before 11:30 a.m., or arrives after that time, the student is counted absent for the day.
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