Attendance Policy and Guidelines
Career Center attendance is kept completely separate from the home schools. Students and parents need to communicate with each school separately regarding attendance.
All students are expected to be in class and engaged in learning activities each day. Any work missed must be made up. Good attendance promotes positive student achievement.
Six or more absences per quarter is considered excessive. Students with excessive absences can be denied credit for a specific course. To help the administration make the determination of whether or not to award credit for a student with excessive absences, the student must complete a grade waiver request form each quarter he/ she has excessive absences. Information for this waiver process is distributed to students at the end of each quarter. In general, two or more unexcused absences in a quarter results in a denied grade waiver.
Appropriate documentation of absences is essential. At Career Center, we ask that notes be brought in within a two-day window of the absence in order for the absence to be counted as excused.
Pre-Arranged Absences: Students should communicate with Career Center teachers and administration five days in advance of planned absences if students want those absences considered as excused.
Tardies: Students are expected to be in their classes on time each day. Teachers assign and hold detention time for the first four tardies before the student is referred to the administration for discipline.
Senior Exemptions: Seniors who have qualifying attendance and grades may be exempt from their final teacher-made exam. Click here for details on the Senior Exemption Policy (updated 8/23/2011).
Incomplete for Course: Each teacher will make clear the grading policies for each individual classroom. Students are responsible for understanding the evaluation structure in each course and for completing all work in a timely fashion. In some instances, an incomplete for a quarter is necessary. Work to remove an incomplete grade needs to be completed within the first ten days of the next quarter.
