Attendance Line: (763) 241-3555
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Parents need to contact the school if their child is absent. This can be done by calling the attendance line at 763-241-3555.
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.