Student Attendance
This type of absence occurs when a student is not at school for a class or day and has a valid reason, such as illness or religious instruction.
What is an excused absence?
This is the number of leave days a school-year employee can accumulate per year if they work full-time.
What is 9 days?
This must be done with a cell phone or smartwatch immediately upon arriving at school.
What is power it off and turn it into the office?
Vital IEP participant who knows the child the child best
What is parents?
These are Anansi’s four guiding principles for creating a safe and respectful school climate.
What are be safe, be where you belong, be your best self, and cause no harm?
Under ACS policy, arriving more than 30 minutes late to school or half a class period late in Middle School is classified as this.
What is a half day absence?
This form, found in the Staff Portal and used to initiate supply orders, must include a shopping cart and be submitted for processing.
What is the Teacher Order Request Form?
Students are only allowed to use their phones or smartwatches in these locations.
What are on the bus or in a family vehicle?
IEP, FAPE, and LRE
What is Individualized Education Plan, Free Appropriate Education, and Least Restrictive Environment?
When a student’s behavior continues to affect safety or well-being, this team is formed to create a behavior contract.
What is the Student Assistance Team (SAT)?
According to state law and ACCS policy, this is the minimum school attendance requirement for all children between ages 5 and 18, unless they graduate or receive a GED.
What is mandatory school attendance?
Before using sick or personal leave for a non-emergency appointment, an employee must notify the Director this many days in advance.
What is 7 days?
If a student is seen using a phone or smartwatch on campus, this is the first step a staff member must take.
What is escort the student to the office?
Federal mandate requiring schools to identify, locate, and evaluate all children, from birth through age 21, who may have disabilities and need special education services
What is Child Find?
On the playground, this phrase means you must take a break from play for rule infractions or poor sportsmanship.
What is “Take 5”?
A student who has missed 20% or more of school days, regardless of reason, falls into this category and is required to receive intensive support.
What is excessively absent?
Before making an emergency purchase, you must do this so a reimbursement PO can be created.
What is seek prior approval?
If you eat or drink near your Chromebook, or run while holding it, you are violating this set of expectations.
What are the Chromebook care rules?
This person is responsible for testing and evaluating the student
What is the diagnostician?
These behaviors—such as name-calling, gossiping, exclusion, and undesired messaging—fall under this category of misconduct.
What is bullying or cyberbullying?
When a student has 25 combined instances of tardies and/or early releases, this meeting must occur.
What is a required meeting with the School Counselor-Clinical Social Worker and the Director?
Unlike sick/personal leave, this type of leave does not reduce an employee’s accumulated leave balance.
What is professional leave?
This school-wide monitoring tool can restrict internet access if students are off-task or unsafe online.
What is Securly?
This meeting is scheduled with parents when their child is not responding to their MLSS intervention and a diagnostic assessment is recommended.
What is a Student Assistance Team (SAT) meeting?
If a student is removed from class for threatening behavior, the school must take this immediate action.
What is call the parent/guardian to pick up the student?