Reporting an Absence or Tardy

Email: res.attendance@isd728.org

Attendance Line: 763-241-3555

• Please include the following informatio in the message
  • Student first/last name
  • Date of the absence
  • Reason for the absence
  • Name of the person reporting the absence

Attendance is taken each school day at 9:15 AM.  Students who are not present in the classroom at that time are marked absent.

Tardy vs Absent

A student who is signed into school (by a parent or guardian) before 10:00 a.m. is considered “tardy.”  A student who comes in after 10:00 a.m. is marked “absent.” 

Excused vs Unexcused

Absences and tardies may be excused for some of the following reasons – student illness, medical appointment, family event (such as death in family), or religious holiday.  There may be other valid reasons, as determined by the school principal.  Students who are sick 4 or more consecutive school days need to bring in a doctor’s note to excuse their absence.

A student will have their tardy or absence marked unexcused for such reasons as being late, sleeping in, and forgetting there was school that day. 

Notification

• When a student misses three unexcused days of school, a letter is sent home notifying the parent(s)/guardian(s) that the student is “Continuing Truant.”
• When a student misses five unexcused days of school, a letter is sent home notifying the parent(s)/guardian(s) that the student is nearing the possibility ofEducational Neglect.
• When a student has missed seven unexcused days of school, a letter is sent home notifying the parent(s)/guardian(s) that the student is considered to be “Educationally Neglected.”

 Please note: When a student accumulates five unexcused tardies, the tardies will be considered one unexcused absence.  Each five unexcused tardies accumulated thereafter will result in an additional unexcused absence.