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Attendance Policy

Attendance

We want you in school so that you can learn. Utah law requires that you attend school every day, every period, except when a parent excuses an absence for a legitimate reason. We begin truancy tracking procedures if you miss 5+ school days or 35+ class periods. A legitimate excuse from school must be in the form of a note from a doctor, dentist, orthodontist, or other medical professional. Parents are encouraged to send a note or email, or to call the school in order to acknowledge that they are aware of the absence. You must make up missed work according to the school’s make-up policy. 

Checking in:

  • If you arrive less than 15 minutes late to school, go directly to class where you will be marked tardy. If you have a note, drop it off in the attendance office on your way to class.
  • If you arrive more than 15 minutes late to school, check in at the attendance office with a parent note/phone call. Otherwise, your check-in will be considered unexcused. 

Checking out: 

  • Have a parent/guardian (or emergency contact) call the school (801-412-1010) to have you called down to be checked out. Guardian information will be verified on Skyward. (Parents, please make sure your Skyward contact information is current.)
  • To limit public access to the building, we ask that parents/guardians wait outside the building.
  • Sign out in the attendance office and meet your parents outside.

Educational Leave: You may apply for up to 10 days of educational leave per school year. Your parents should contact the attendance office at least three school days before taking leave, and fill out an Educational Leave Form at the attendance office before leaving on vacation. It is your responsibility to make up work missed.

Home and Hospital: If a doctor writes an order for you to be out of school for an extended time (usually more than 10 school days), this means a teacher may come to your home a couple of times a week to work with you on your classwork. To arrange for home-and-hospital services, your parents need to contact student services and get a form for your doctor to fill out. We must have the form before home-and-hospital instruction can begin. 

Illness: If you feel sick, let your teacher know and come down to the attendance office. We have a sick room where you can get some basic help and lie down. You may remain in the sick room for up to 10 minutes, at which time you will either need to return to class or have a parent come pick you up.

Tardiness: We want you in class and ready to work when the bell rings for every period so that you can learn and not distract others from learning, otherwise you may be marked tardy. If you are tardy multiple times, you may receive unpleasant consequences. Please note: repeated tardiness also negatively affects your citizenship. If you are 10+ minutes late to class, you may be marked “W” (way late), which counts as an absence. 

Truancy: We want you in your assigned classes so that you can learn. Otherwise, you may be marked truant (“sluffing”) and receive negative consequences. Truancy can mean any of the following:

  • You are not in your assigned class/location at the assigned time
  • You leave school without checking out through the attendance office
  • You stay home without parents’ knowledge
  • You leave class without permission

Withdrawal from school: If you move outside our school boundaries, you need to withdraw through the attendance office. They will give you a withdrawal sheet, and you will need to receive clearance from each teacher, return all textbooks and Chromebook, clean out your lockers, and pay any fines. Failure to complete all of these steps may result in delay or denial of credit.