CMHS Attendance Policy
Attendance Information - If it is necessary for your student to miss part of a day, please keep the following in mind. For purposes of determining daily attendance, which is the basis of a large part of school funding, the state has the following guidelines:
A student may be considered present all day if he/she misses 51 minutes or less of the school day.
If a student misses 51 to 149 minutes he/she is considered to be absent half a day. More than 149 minutes is considered a full day.
ATTENDANCE AWARDS WILL BE EARNED BY STUDENTS WHO MISS NO TIME AND HAVE NO TARDIES.
Personal illness, serious illness in the family, or other circumstances making attendance or punctuality extremely difficult will be the only legitimate excuse for absences or tardiness. OVERSLEEPING AND CAR TROUBLE ARE CONSIDERED UNEXCUSED.
If a parent calls on the day of the absence, it is not necessary for the student to bring a written excuse. If a parent does not call on the day of the absence, a note from the parent detailing the reason for the absence is required. This note must be presented when the student returns. An absence that has not been excused five (5) days after a student returns will remain classified as unexcused.
If you know that your student must leave during the day for an appointment, please send a note with your child in the morning so he/she can get a pass and we don’t have to interrupt the classroom. Students must have a pass to get out of class.
If students feel ill during the school day they are to go to the nurse and she will notify the parents. Students are not to use their cell phones to call their parents. If students must leave during the day, they must sign out in the main office. Leaving without permission will constitute truancy.
ONCE A STUDENT HAS MISSED FIVE (5) DAYS OF SCHOOL IN A GIVEN SEMESTER, ALL OTHER ABSENCES AFTER THE FIFTH ONE WILL REQUIRE A WRITTEN PHYSICIAN’S EXCUSE FOR EACH ABSENCE TO BE EXCUSED.
A student may be considered present all day if he/she misses 51 minutes or less of the school day.
If a student misses 51 to 149 minutes he/she is considered to be absent half a day. More than 149 minutes is considered a full day.
ATTENDANCE AWARDS WILL BE EARNED BY STUDENTS WHO MISS NO TIME AND HAVE NO TARDIES.
Personal illness, serious illness in the family, or other circumstances making attendance or punctuality extremely difficult will be the only legitimate excuse for absences or tardiness. OVERSLEEPING AND CAR TROUBLE ARE CONSIDERED UNEXCUSED.
If a parent calls on the day of the absence, it is not necessary for the student to bring a written excuse. If a parent does not call on the day of the absence, a note from the parent detailing the reason for the absence is required. This note must be presented when the student returns. An absence that has not been excused five (5) days after a student returns will remain classified as unexcused.
If you know that your student must leave during the day for an appointment, please send a note with your child in the morning so he/she can get a pass and we don’t have to interrupt the classroom. Students must have a pass to get out of class.
If students feel ill during the school day they are to go to the nurse and she will notify the parents. Students are not to use their cell phones to call their parents. If students must leave during the day, they must sign out in the main office. Leaving without permission will constitute truancy.
ONCE A STUDENT HAS MISSED FIVE (5) DAYS OF SCHOOL IN A GIVEN SEMESTER, ALL OTHER ABSENCES AFTER THE FIFTH ONE WILL REQUIRE A WRITTEN PHYSICIAN’S EXCUSE FOR EACH ABSENCE TO BE EXCUSED.
Excessive Absence Policy
Illinois School Code 5/26-1 Compulsory School Age - Whoever has custody or control of any child between the ages of 7 and 17 years shall cause such child to attend some public school in the district wherein the child resides the entire time it is in session during the regular school term.
Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 Policy - Irregularity in attendance is the greatest contributing cause of school failures. One day's absence costs two days of school work, the day of absence and the lack of preparations for the day of return. Parents can render no greater help to the children than to see that they are in school everyday.
Once a student has missed five (5) days of school in a given semester, all other absences after the fifth one will require a written physician's excuse for each absence in order for the absence to be excused at school.
A student absent ten days in succession without medical documentation may be dropped from enrollment.
A field trip may not be taken so as to cause a student to exceed five (5) absences in any class.
A doctor's or dentist's not should be acquired each time a student goes to a regularly scheduled appointment or when the student is treated for an illness.
Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 Policy - Irregularity in attendance is the greatest contributing cause of school failures. One day's absence costs two days of school work, the day of absence and the lack of preparations for the day of return. Parents can render no greater help to the children than to see that they are in school everyday.
Once a student has missed five (5) days of school in a given semester, all other absences after the fifth one will require a written physician's excuse for each absence in order for the absence to be excused at school.
A student absent ten days in succession without medical documentation may be dropped from enrollment.
A field trip may not be taken so as to cause a student to exceed five (5) absences in any class.
A doctor's or dentist's not should be acquired each time a student goes to a regularly scheduled appointment or when the student is treated for an illness.
