Absences
Parents should call the Elementary Office before 8:30 a.m. stating the reason for your child’s absence that day. All missed class work must be made up. If you would like to pick-up your child’s work, you must request it at the time you call about the absence and the assignments and books will be ready for pick-up after 12:00 p.m. If you do not request the assignments and books, they will not be on the table. Teachers complete these tasks during their planning time and may not be available to prepare this information for you until school is out. Make-up work should be completed within the time frame of one day for each day missed. In accordance with MAIS requirements, no student shall be promoted to the next grade whose absences exceed twenty (20) days during the school year unless the absences result from unusual circumstances or extended illness. Extended illness must be officially documented by a physician.
Make-Up Tests Policy and Time Period
A student is allowed numerous opportunities on 3 consecutive days to make up tests, beginning the day that he/she returns to school. Tests may be made up during activity time, recess, study hall or after school. Tests may not be made up during instructional time. Failure to take the assigned test in this time frame will result in a grade of zero (0). For special circumstances, permission must be received from the principal to make up a test after the allotted time.
Planned Absences
School vacations are planned at appropriate intervals throughout the school year and parents should strive to make family plans accordingly. It should be realized that teachers cannot realistically provide work in advance of planned absences that will adequately make up for the missed classroom instruction. Therefore, teachers will use their discretion in the matter of providing work requested by the parent to be completed during the period of absence. Parents who voluntarily take their children out of school have the responsibility to see that the student has completed ALL make-up assignments before returning to the classroom. 1. Written requests for a planned absence must be given to the principal or teacher at least one week before the date of the planned absence . This gives teachers an opportunity to prepare make-up work as early as possible. 2. On the day your child returns to school, he or she is responsible for turning in ALL assignments given during the planned absence. 3. Teachers will schedule make-up tests once your child has returned to school. 4. The principal may make an exception to the above requirement in case of emergency.
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