Attendance Policies and Procedures

When your child is absent for the entire day:

• It is your responsibility to call and excuse your child's absence on the day that it occurs.
• Full day absences not called in by telephone must be excused in writing within 48 hours of the student's return to school.
• Recorded absences not excused within 48 hours will remain unexcused.
• Excused absences are limited to the following:
  • Illness of student
  • Medical or dental appointments
  • Attending religious observances
  • Death in the family
  • Suspensions (in most cases)
  • Approved pre-arranged absences
• Requests to excuse absences that are not covered in the list above should be made in advance directly to the SUBSCHOOL PRINCIPAL

When your child is late to school, (after 7:25 a.m.):

• He/she must take a note and report to their Subschool Office to sign in and receive a pass to class. The tardy will be identified as either excused or unexcused. A phone call to the subschool administrative assistant may be made if a note is not possible :

  SUBSCHOOL	ATTENDANCE NUMBER	SUBSCHOOL NUMBER
  SS1 - 8th grade	703-426-1181	703-426-1110
  SS2 - 7th grade	703-426-1182	703-426-1120
  SS3 - HS A-D	703-426-1183	703-426-1130
  SS4 - HS E-K	703-426-1184	703-426-1140
  SS5 - HS L-Q	703-426-1185	703-426-1150
  SS6 - HS R- Z	703-426-1186	703-426-1160

• To excuse a late arrival, send a note stating why the student is tardy or call the subschool. The same policy applies to excusing tardies as it does for full day absences.
• Tardies not excused within 48 hours will be recorded as unexcused.
• Oversleeping, car trouble, missing rides or heavy traffic are not reasons to excuse a late arrival.

When your child needs to leave school early, the student should bring a note to their SUBSCHOOL Administrative Assistant IN THE MORNING BEFORE CLASS to be excused:

• You must provide permission to have your child leave school grounds before 2:10 p.m. dismissal. Students, who leave campus without permission, will be subject to disciplinary procedures as stated in the FCPS Students Rights and Responsibilities.
• You may request that your child be permitted to leave campus by sending a written note. Notes will be confirmed by phone from the subschool office. Please include a number where we can reach you. Phone call requests will be processed at 9:00a.m. and 12:30 p.m.only.
• Students leaving school prior to 2:10 p.m. must sign out through their subschool office. Failure to do so will result in the student receiving an unexcused absence.

When your child has an absence that is planned:

• College visits, out of town trips, etc., may be excused by submitting a note to the subschool office three (3) days prior to the absence.
• A pre-arranged absence form will be given to your child, which they will take and have each teacher sign in order to received work that will be missed.
• Completed forms are then returned to the subschool Assistant Principal for approval

Your child's make-up work:

• Make-up work will receive credit only if the absence is excused
• It is your child's responsibility to contact teachers to inquire about missed assignments.

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