It’s very important that you notify the school when your child will be absent. This can be done by phone call, email, or parents/guardians can use the Absence Request found on Campus Parent/Parent Portal tool to submit a request that informs the office in advance when their student is not going to be in school.

This new feature can be used as an alternative to the traditional phone calls to the school office. Please see the instructions, found here, on how to submit an Absence Request via the Campus Portal.

• This form needs to be submitted if the student will be absent more than 3 days or has met their 10 day maximum (includes: illness, tardy and others) of absences for the school year.
• This form needs to be submitted to the school office at least one week in advance of the absence.
• One form must be submitted for each child in the family that is requesting an absence.

When a student has reached 3 unexcused absences OR 7 excused absences, families will automatically receive an electronically generated letter informing them that their student has reached this threshold.

When a student has reached 5 unexcused absences, families may receive a letter as determined by the school site’s attendance team. A student is considered habitually truant if they are absent from school without an excuse for part or all of five or more days on which school is held during a semester.  

When a student has reached 10 excused absences, families may receive a letter as determined by the school site’s attendance team. A student may be excused by a parent/guardian for not more than 10 days in the school year (the 10 days include absences due to intermittent illness).

***Please note - when a medical excuse for illness or appointments is provided, those absences will not count in the 7- and 10-day letters.

Learn more about determining if your child is well enough to attend school here.