Policies Attendance

Attendance

Our school is maintained for instructional experiences. School progress is a result of regular attendance at school. Please do not keep children out of school unless they are ill. Frequent absences of students from the day to day classroom experiences disrupt the instructional and learning processes. The benefits of instruction, once lost, are often difficult to regain. The entire process of education requires the continuity of instruction, class participation, learning experiences and study. The following guidelines will be followed at Forbes.

1. When a child has excessive absences, the child will be referred to Alpine School District's Truancy School.

2. Students are expected to be on time to school.

3. Early arrival at school is discouraged. The school doors will be opened 15 minutes before school begins. No outside supervision will be provided on the playground. Students are to report to the main doors and then go directly to their classrooms. School doors will be opened at 7:45 a.m. and will close at 4:00 p.m. The main door by the office is opened for parent use from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

4. Teachers will contact parents after TWO consecutive absences or after a frequent amount of absences. Excessive absences will be referred to the District office for appropriate action or remediation.

5. Forbes is a closed campus and students should not leave the school grounds from the time school begins in the morning until it ends in the afternoon, unless proper check-out procedures have been followed.

6. Parents who check children out of school must sign a written release form in the office.

7. Students will not be kept after school unless parents have been notified by the teacher.