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Attendance Policy and Procedures

General Information:

  • To clear absences please call 559-248-7067 or email office staff at annie.hernandez@fics.us
  • Absences must be cleared through the office each day the student is not present at school
  • Students need to be in class by 7:55 a.m. or they are considered tardy
  • Students arriving tardy must report to the office for a tardy slip
  • Early and/or late pick-ups are factored into your child’s attendance profile, along with tardies and absences (both excused and unexcused)
  • Attendance notices are sent home on a regular basis. These notices are to inform families of their student’s attendance status. 

Early Pick-Ups:

  • If your student has an appointment that takes place during the instructional day, please notify their teacher and office staff by email or note in advance. This allows for the teacher to have your child ready and with their backpacks and homework.
  • If you would like to excuse your child from school early you must sign the student out in the office. The student will be called from class and released to the parent in the office. Habitual early check-outs are monitored closely as this impacts students instructional time and is part of their attendance record. 
  • Please note that students will not be released during recess and/or lunch periods.
  • Adults are not allowed to go directly to their child’s class, as this disrupts classroom instruction and violates the school’s safety plan.

Dailey Attendance

In order to support attendance of all students, we take the following steps to address concerns.    

Attendance Trigger Consequences
2 tardies over 30 minutes and/or unexcused absences Each of the first two (2) absences will result in a call home to the parent/guardian by the Director or designee. The student’s classroom teacher may also call home.
3-4 tardies over 30 minutes and/or unexcused absences

Each of the third (3rd) and fourth (4th) unexcused absences will result in a call home to the parent/guardian by the Director or designee. 

Parent/guardian will receive “Truancy Letter #1 – Truancy Classification Notice” from the Charter School notifying the parent/guardian of the student’s “Truant” status. This letter must be signed by the parent/guardian and returned to the Charter School.

7 tardies over 30 minutes and/or unexcused absences Parent/guardian will receive “Truancy Letter 2 – Conference Request” notifying the parent/guardian of the student’s Habitual Truant” status and a parent/guardian conference will be scheduled to discuss the truancy issue.
10 tardies over 30 minutes and/or unexcused absences

The student will be referred to a Student Success Team (SST) and the School Attendance Review Team (SART)

Parent/guardian will receive “Truancy Letter #3 – Habitual Truancy Reclassification Letter”” and will be asked/invited to attend an evening assembly for parents/guardians of chronically absent students. 
Conditions of the SART contract are not met and/or unexcused absences continue. Student may incur additional administrative action up to and including disenrollment from the Charter School, consistent with the school’s Involuntary Removal Process.
Student is absent ten (10) or more consecutive school days without valid excuses and the student’s parent/guardian cannot be reached at the number or address provided in the registration packet and does not otherwise respond to the Charter School’s communication attempts. Students may incur additional administrative action up to and including disenrollment from the Charter School, consistent with the school’s Involuntary Removal Process.

 

*Excessive tardies and excessive excused absences will also receive notification. 

For further information, please refer to the FICS Attendance Board Policy #5006 in your Parent-Student Handbook.

Independent Study

Independent study is an option for students who will be absent for a period of a minimum of three days to a maximum of 14 consecutive school days. 

  • Teachers and Office Staff must be given at least five school days of notice.
  • An Independent Study contract will need to be filled at and given to the school’s office staff.
  • The contract must be signed by the student, parents, teacher, and administrator
  • All contracted assignments are due upon the student’s return to school
  • If assigned work is not completed during the period student is on independent study, then the student may still incur unexcused absences
  • A student may not particpate in more than two independent studies per year.

For further information, please refer to the FICS Independent Study Board Policy #5013