Attendance

SLVHS ATTENDANCE POLICY

 

Families NEED to call the attendance line when a student is Absent.  There are consequences for unexcused absences

If your student is absent, you need to call the attendance line at 335-4425 x206

 to excuse within 3 days. You can also send a note with your student or an email to [email protected]

 

The only recognized reasons to be absent are illness, quarantine, medical or dental services, funeral, jury duty, appearance in court, or a religious or cultural ceremony or event.

Families can retroactively excuse absences within 3 days.  However, the school can ask for a doctor's note if there are excessive absences.

Finally, if an absence that is marked as a cut is not excused within 3 days of the cut, the family can still excuse the absence, but teachers do not have to take schoolwork from that day.

 Cuts are the source of detentions and truancy letters.

There are of course, circumstances that would allow the work - such as emergency situations or extra time written into an IEP or 504 document.

 

If cuts and tardies pile up, there are consequences that include not being able to attend or participate in events such as school dances, athletic events, or losing parking lot privileges.

 

These parameters are set forth by California State Education policies. 

The bottom line is students need to be at school.  A comprehensive High School is not a work-from-home job.  Students need to show up.