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Attendance

ABSENCES

The St. Bernard Parish School Board, in accordance with regulations specified by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, allows only seven (7) absences per semester at the high school. This is a state policy. Once a high school student reaches the maximum number of absences allowed CREDIT WILL NOT BE GRANTED. Long-term illnesses will receive special consideration through the St. Bernard School Board Office of Child Welfare and Attendance.

A student who is not in homeroom or who does not check-in to school through the office is counted absent from school. If a student is absent from school, the student must not be on the campus at any time during the absence or may be subject to disciplinary action.

The school nurse should be notified of any serious or recurring illness that a student has. This information will be made part of the student’s record. Should such illness occur during school, this information will be available to pass on to medical authorities.

The student is responsible for all class work, homework, assignments or other subject matter presented during an absence. Students should access daily assignments via Canvas for each scheduled course.

Students with excessive attendance and/or tardy issues may be denied participation in field trips or other school activities.

It is the responsibility of parents/guardians to see that their child attends school daily. Because student success is linked to regular school attendance, school personnel will attempt to make phone contact with the parent/guardian when students are absent or tardy. Phone calls will be attempted in order to keep the parent/guardian informed of attendance issues.

  • • Daily automated phone call for absence and/or tardies
  • • Phone calls from school personnel at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh tardy
  • • Phone calls from school personnel at the second, third, fifth, and eighth absence

Parents/guardians may track student attendance using Student Progress Center. If there are any questions concerning absences, the parent/guardian should call the school office.

The attendance record of a student is important for academic achievement. Cases of extended personal illness, emergencies, and/or other extenuating circumstances will be handled on an individual basis through administration in consultation with the Office of Child Welfare and Attendance.

Students who are under a doctor’s care during a period of an absence should return to school with a note from the doctor indicating the exact dates of the illness. After having shown the note to all the student’s classroom teachers, the student should give the note to the office. It is very important that these notes be submitted to the office within five (5) days. Notes with altered or corrected dates on them will not be accepted.

HOMEROOM TARDY POLICY

  • Students are allowed on campus t 7:05 am.
  • Students who are not in homeroom y 7:30 am are tardy to school.
  • Students who have late entry must be present for class by the tardy bell.
  • On the eleventh tardy in a semester, the student will be subject to disciplinary action. 

ATTENDANCE LETTERS

  • A computer-generated attendance letter is mailed home to the parent/guardian upon the student’s third, fifth, seventh, and fourteenth absence.
  • • Attendance letters received should be signed by the parent/guardian and returned to the school office.
  • • A referral is sent to Juvenile or Family Court on the student’s fifth tardy and/or absence to school.
  • • Counselors and/or school administrators will contact the parents/guardians of students with attendance issues.

CHECK-IN PROCEDURE

  • Any student arriving at or after 7:30 am must report to the office to check-in and receive a Check-in Admit Slip to class.
  • • If students do not check-in properly, they cannot attend class, and they are subject to disciplinary action.

CHECK-OUT PROCEDURE

 

  • Once on campus, students are not allowed to leave the school grounds during the school day without going through the appropriate check-out procedures.
  • Parents/guardians may check out students through the Academy Office or Main Campus Reception Desk.
  • Appropriate identification must be presented to check out a student.
  • The students may be allowed to leave with a designated adult, with identification, after contact is made and permission is given by the legal parent/guardian.
  • In the event that a parent/guardian is unable to come in to check out a student, the student may self check-out.
  • The student must first complete the Self Check-out Form.
  • The student will be allowed to leave only after contact is made and permission is given by the legal parent/guardian.
  • Students are allowed three self check-outs per school year.

CLASS ATTENDANCE & TARDINESS

  • Attendance is taken daily in each class. Students are not allowed to miss a regularly scheduled class to go to another teacher.
  • Students who are unaccounted for are subject to disciplinary action.
  • At the change of classes students have five minutes to report immediately to their next scheduled class
  • A student who is not in class when the bell rings is considered tardy. Students who are tardy to class are subject to disciplinary action.