Sick, Trips, Absent
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What should I do if my child was ABSENT?
Send an excuses slip, from the blue district excuse book, the FIRST DAY your child returns to school.
What about MAKE UP WORK?
Work completed in class the day your child is absent will be saved for him/her and given to him/her when they return to school and can be completed ASAP, unless otherwise noted.
What if I want to take my child out of school for a FAMILY TRIP?
Parents should send a note to school or call the office (432-8691 ex. 1700) and request a pre-arranged absence form. Once the form is completed and returned to school, I will gather and send schoolwork home. I make every effort to send school materials home with a child before an extended absence from school. The completed work is due the date your child returns to school. Many classroom activities, experiences, and discussions students miss cannot be duplicated or made up.
Guidelines for Absence - from the School Nurse--PLEASE READ
When to Keep Kids Home from School…tips from the School Nurse:
Keep a child home from school when he’s contagious, and/or has a temperature of 100 degrees or over.
We recommend no fever for 24 hours before returning to school.
We recommend you keep a child home until there has been 24 hours after the last time the child vomits.
Send kids to school with self-care skills and comfort products they need (e.g., frequent hand-washing advice, tissues, medication with a permission form to be given to the nurse. SEE MEDICATION POLICY),
EXCUSES FOR ABSENCE:
The day your child returns from an illness, send an excuse form from the official, blue District Excuse Book.
After an absence of five (5) consecutive days, a doctor’s excuse must be presented. A child having a doctor’s excuse need not submit an excuse form the book.
District policy states that a parent’s excuse form will be accepted with limitations. In the elementary school, the limit is an accumulation of ten (10) days. All excuses for absences must be turned in within three days after the return from absence. Otherwise the absence may be recorded as unexcused.
