Tardiness
Our new Standards Based Promotion Policy requires students to meet certain standards. Frequent tardies and absences jeopardize your child’s ability to meet these standards. We appreciate your cooperation with the following.
Children must be in line at the assembly area and ready to go to class at 8:00 a.m. Drop-off time is from 7:30 a.m. to when the first bell rings at 7:55 a.m. There is no grace period for tardies. Parents may not drive their children to classrooms in the upper playground. Kindergarten begins at 8:00 a.m.
If a student is late three times in one reporting period, a notice will be sent home to be signed by the parent. If a student is late more than 6 times, a second notice will be sent (signed by the principal) and your child’s teacher will call you to set up a conference to discuss the reasons for the continual tardiness and to provide assistance as necessary.
Absences
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) believes that student attendance and student achievement are closely intertwined. Students who develop patterns of good attendance are much more likely to be successful both academically and socially than students who develop patterns of poor attendance. If a child’s chronic absenteeism is not addressed in its early stages, the odds are greatly increased that he or she will 1) need costly instructional remediation and/or special services, and/or 2) develop a negative self-concept, experience academic failure, drop out of school, engage in anti-social behavior, and fail to contribute positively to the local community as an adult.
Every child between the ages of 6 and 18 has the right and the obligation to attend school. The LAUSD is committed to the development of programs and practices that foster and encourage both the enrollment and the regular, daily attendance of all students who are subject to the State’s compulsory school attendance laws. The parents or guardians of each student have the responsibility to enroll their child(ren) in school and to send them to school on a daily basis on time.
A student who is absent three full days without a valid excuse, or on three occasions is tardy or absent for more than thirty minutes, or any combination thereof, is a truant (E.C. 48260). Truancy can lead to severe consequences, including fines and criminal prosecution of parents.
If your child is absent, please remember to send an explanatory note when your child returns to school. An unexcused absence is one where the student is not ill or under the care of a physician. Please plan vacations and family events around the school calendar.
