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ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
Phone:
Email:
Degrees and Certifications:
Ms. Zully Nell
Please email Ms. Nell if your student is absent. You can also submit an absence on the Homepage.
Parents are encouraged to contact the school when their child is (or will
be) absent. You may report any absence on your child’s school webpage.
The school may also notify parents about the child’s absence. Parents
can request information from their school office regarding requests for
valid educational opportunities.
When a child returns to school following an absence, the student must
assume the responsibility for contacting individual teachers immediately
about making up any missed work. Arrangements must be made no
later than five school days after the student returns to school. If the work
is satisfactory, full credit should be given for the completed work.
Additional consideration will be made in determining a student’s
attendance while the school district is working in a Remote Learning
environment.
Attendance for students who are present for live, online instruction for
50% or more of the school day will be recorded as “present off-site”
(1R).
Current legislation allows 1R only for students enrolled in a virtual
school program.
* Completes daily lesson/ module(s) as assigned by teacher, and submits
classwork within 1-day of the assigned date
* Evidence of engagement with course content (module completion,
posts to discussion boards, enrollment in 100% asynchronous courses,
etc.)
* Two-way course content-related communication between student &
teacher
* Absent for live online instruction but watches recording of instruction,
assigned videos or reading selections, or other class assignments on
same day
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CMS ATTENDANCE POLICY
There is strong evidence of a direct correlation between good attendance and student achievement. Parents should stress to their children the importance of attending school regularly. At the beginning of the school year, parents and students are notified by each school of its attendance policy. Parents and guardians are responsible for seeing that their children attend school each day it is in session, according to CharlotteMecklenburg Board of Education Policy S-ATT and the NC Compulsory Attendance Law (N.C. G. S. – 115C-378). Under this law, a parent may be prosecuted in a criminal action if a student between the ages of 7 and 16 or enrolled in K-2 prior to age 7, has more than 10 unexcused absences. The maximum penalty provided by law upon conviction is 120 days imprisonment and/or a fine of $200, at the discretion of the judge. In addition, a child between the ages of 7 and 16 could be referred by the school to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the filing of a petition asking the court to find the child to be undisciplined. A student must attend school for at least half of the day to be counted present. Parents will be contacted by a school representative when their child accumulates 3, 6 and 10 unexcused absences. After 10 unexcused absences, the principal’s designee or attendance official will issue a 10- day letter stating that the student is in violation of the NC attendance law and parents may be referred for prosecution. The Department of Social Services will also be notified as stated by statute.
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EXCUSED ABSENCES
The following absences are school initiated and principal approved:
- Field trip (school-initiated activity)
- Verified interview—College Day (high school juniors and seniors)
- Special programs (community program sanctioned by the school District or approved by the principal that is of educational value)
- Explorers (secondary schools)
- Internship (includes pages—secondary schools)
- Junior Achievement (secondary schools)
The absences listed below are considered excused once school personnel have received verification:
- Illness of student
- Death in the immediate family
- Quarantine
- Approved educational opportunity (Form 5123.21, available at school)
- Doctor appointment
- Court or administrative proceedings
- Religious holiday (approved religious observances; must be approved in advance)
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UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
The absences listed below and all other absences not listed above are unexcused:
- Bad weather
- Missing the bus
- Car trouble
- Lack of heat, water or electricity
- Shopping
- Babysitting
- Lack of clothing or shoes
- Oversleeping