Early Dismissal for student drivers only!

Regular attendance and punctuality are important from the beginning of the school year until the last day. Frequent absences and tardies interfere with your child's progress toward learning the necessary basic skills. Please allow up to 48 hours for your child’s attendance to be updated in the system. 

*Form is for student drivers only.*

Early Dismissal Request: EARLY RELEASE FORM LINK

Note that there will be no dismissal of students after 1:45pm.    

Reporting a student absence: *Student Absence Form - Link*

Excused Absences

• Personal illness (please state type of illness)

• Medical appointments (must provide a doctor’s note)

• Death in family

• Religious holidays

• Approved Educational Leave (Submit 5 days in advance)

• CMS Approved Religious holidays (Submit 2 weeks in advance)

• Court or Administrative proceedings

NOTE: Parents can no longer call the office to report a student's absence; they must send a note via ParentSquare or send an email to the school in order for the absence to be excused. Until a note is received by the attendance office, all absences above are unexcused. Please attempt to make all elective medical and dental appointments for times before or after school.

Unexcused Absences

• Inclement weather

• Car trouble

• Missing the bus

• Oversleeping

• No written excuse or email

• Class cutting

• Work

Policy on Late Arrival / Tardy

• When a student is tardy, they must report to Room C218. 
• The ISS teacher will log the tardy and provide them with a pass to class.
• Students receive 2 free tardies per semester (These should be reserved for emergencies).
• Any subsequent tardy thereafter, the following will apply (tardies are cumulative, not per class period):
  • 5th tardy = 1 hour ASD
  • 6th tardy = 1 day ISS; parking pass revoked for the semester*
  • 7th tardy = 2 days ISS
  • 8th tardy = 3 days ISS
  • 9th tardy = 1 day OSS
  • 10th tardy = 2 days OSS
  • 11th tardy = 3 days OSS
  • + Any tardy accumulated after the 8th tardy, will be considered insubordination and will result in OSS. 

*Students who drive to school will lose their parking privilege on their 6th tardy. This will result in their losing the privilege to drive to school for the rest of the semester. These students will have to apply second semester and go on the waiting list for a parking spot if one becomes available. There is no guarantee of receiving a space the next semester.

*Any Senior with a school parking spot who receives 6 tardies within one academic quarter will lose their parking spot privileges and have their pass revoked in addition to their ISS.

Truancy

Students between ages 7 and 16 are required by law to attend school. The student will be required to make up the work missed. For students with more than 10 unexcused absences, the student and/or parent may be referred for prosecution.