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ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Phone: 523-1623   *   Fax: 523-1648   *   Email: JDHS_Attendance@jsd.k12.ak.us

Prompt and regular attendance is an important part of school success.  Tardiness and absences negatively impacts both the individual student and their classmates. Tracking student attendance is required by law.   Below is a brief summary of attendance procedures that will help us work together for the benefit of your child.

Parents must contact the attendance office to excuse an absence.  Please be sure to give enough information to clearly identify your child, the time and day you are excusing, the reason your child is out, and your contact information.  Parents have five days to excuse an absence before it stands as unverified. 

Valid excuses for absences include: illness/injury; medical, dental, or court appointments, a death in the family; religious holidays; family travel; school sponsored travel/activities; and true emergency situations.   

The school will attempt to contact families by phone each time there is an unverified absence.  You can designate which contact number (home, work, cell) you would like used.   Please be sure your contact information is always up to date.  Our new student information system will allow you to monitor your child’s attendance online.  Please watch for more information on signing on when the system is up and running.

 An attendance letter will be sent after your child reaches five and eight unverified absences in one class.  You child will be referred to an administrator after missing ten unverified absences.

Students may lose credit in a class after 10 unverified absences.

 Students who arrive late or leave school outside of normal hours must check in at the attendance office.   Please call or send a note if your student needs to leave school early for an appointment.  Students who get sick at school should go to the nurse, who will clear them to leave.

Students are tardy if they are not in the classroom at the beginning of the period.   An aggravated tardy (which counts as an absence) is more than 5 minutes late to class. 

 A Family Planned Absence form must be filled out for preplanned absences, such as family vacations, club team travel (as opposed to school sponsored activities), or wisdom teeth extractions.   Parents should send a signed note listing the missed dates to the attendance office in order for their student to pick up the form.  The form requires students to get signatures/homework from all teachers, a parent’s signature, and an administrator’s signature.  Please start the process 7 to 10 days before the absence in order to have time to complete the form and submit it before the absence.  

I look forward to serving you and your students.  I work hard to get to know as many students as I can.  I care about their success.  Please feel free to contact me if I can be of help in clarifying attendance procedures.
                                                                                                                        Gaye Willis

Additional detailed attendance information is available online:
JDHS Student Handbook (page 4) : http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/jdhs2/studentlinks/studentHandbook08-09rvaugust-08.pdf
Juneau School District Attendance Policy:  http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/newdistrict/departments/boardofeducation/policymanual/_displayPolicy.php?recid=88