School Policies
This is the number of absences a student can have before receiving a district warning letter.
What is 6 unexcused absences?
This type of absence is excused when a student provides a valid reason such as illness, medical appointments, or family emergencies
What is an excused absence?
After this number of unexcused absences, students may be referred to a SSW.
What is 8 unexcused absences?
This is the number of minutes a student is late to class before being marked tardy.
What is 5 minutes?
Students have this many days to make up work for an excused absence.
What is 3 days?
This is the form a student must submit when they are absent due to illness
What is a doctor's note?
Absences for vacations, skipping class, or attending personal events without permission are considered this.
What is an unexcused absence?
Students may face this consequence if they accumulate too many tardies in a single semester.
What is detention?
Students who are tardy without a valid excuse are likely to receive this consequence.
What is detention?
If a student has an excused absence, they should ask this person for makeup assignments.
Who is the teacher?
This is the minimum number of minutes a student must be present in a class for it to count as a "full attendance.
What is 30 minutes?
This document must be submitted by a parent or guardian to explain a student's absence.
What is a note or email from a parent/guardian?
This person or office is responsible for tracking and reviewing attendance at Clarkston High School.
Who is Mr. Perkins
If a student arrives more than this many minutes late to class, they may be marked as absent.
What is 15 minutes?
A student who misses a test due to an excused absence must usually schedule a makeup test with this person.
Who is the teacher?
This term refers to a student who has missed 18 or more school days without a valid excuse.
What is chronically absent?
Students who are absent for this type of event may have their absences excused if they submit a request in advance.
What is a religious holiday?
A student who misses school for 10 or more unexcused days in Georgia may face this legal consequence.
What is court intervention or juvenile court?
A pattern of excessive tardiness can result in a meeting with this school official.
Who is the principal or Assistant Principal?
Ms. Lemelle or Ms. Reeves
This is the minimum number of school days most states require students to attend per school year.
What is 180 days?
The time rule that students are not allowed to leave class?
15/15 Rule
(The first 15min of class and the last 15min of class)
Name at least two people that are apart of the Attendance Office Team?
Who is Ms. Reeves, Mr. Perkins, Coach Saltar
This is the term used when a student skips school without notifying the parents or school.
What is truancy?
True or False. If a student misses more than half their day, they will not be eligible to practice or compete that day.
What is True?
Maintaining good attendance helps students develop this important life skill.
What is responsibility?