Attendance

Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute - ARS 15-802/15-803, students who exceed an absentee rate of 10% are considered truant, even if the absences are excused.

A student who accrues 10 or more absences – even though they may be excused – will result in notification to the district truancy officer who may require that all future absences be validated by a doctor’s excuse. 

• Absences are absences.  Whether unexcused or excused, students are out of class.

• Students may not receive credit for unexcused absences.  Teacher discretion.

• Parents should call within 24 hours of a child's absence, otherwise absent may be considered unexcused.

• A student exceeding 10 absences in a class per semester may lose credit for the class.

• Student and guardian must be notified of possible consequences after 7 absences.

Students that have missed three or more days of school can request homework by  contacting teachers via email. Click here to see faculty pages and contact information.

Parent/guardian must sign students out in the Attendance Office and show picture ID in order to pick up student.  Anyone other than the parent/guardian picking up student must be listed on the emergency information and 18 years of age or older.  Students will not be called out of class until parent/guardian has signed student out with proper identification. 

Release of one student to leave campus with another student (other than sibling) is prohibited.

In order for a student to be excused from class when he/she is late to school, the student must check in at the attendance desk to be signed in. The attendance office must receive a phone call within a 24 hour period from a parent/guardian. A note from the doctor’s office, dentist office or court system will also excuse a student in lieu of a parent calling.