Attendance Information

Absence Hotline: 858-674-6300 press #2

ABSENCES: If a student is unable to attend school due to illness, notify the Absence Hotline at 858-674-6300 press #2 before 9:00 a.m.  Leave the student’s name, grade, teacher’s name, reason for absence, name of the person leaving the message, and your relationship to the student. Students absent due to contagious diseases may be required to have a note from their physician or the public health department before returning to school.

Student attendance is important and compulsory according to state law. There are some occasions (i.e.: religious holidays, death in the family, or other family emergencies) where students must be absent from school. Again, notify the office and, if necessary, an Off Campus Independent Study (OCIS) contract will be issued. This OCIS contract allows the student to make up the work missed during an extended absence. Absences of five or more days not related to illness require notifying the office two weeks in advance so an OCIS contract can be issued.

TARDIES: Like absences, tardies affect classroom learning time and should be avoided. Students who are late to school must check in through the office. Medical appointments are considered excused tardies. All other tardies are unexcused.