STUDENT HANDBOOK - Hunterdon Central Regional High School

45 days
(Quarter)
90 days
(Semester)
135 days (3
Quarters)
180 days
(Full Year)
Sent of
Permitted
Absences
Occurs
On:
3rd 4 absences 5th
absence
absence
5th 9 absences 10th
absence
absence
7th 13 absences 14th
absence
absence
9th 18 absences 19th
absence
absence
Non-Cumulative Absences
For documentation purposes, all absences from class are
recorded. There are absences, however, that will not be counted
toward the above limits. These are referred to as Non-Cumulative
absences. All other absences will be considered Cumulative and
count toward the above listed limits. Non-accumulative absences
must be verified according to the previously listed guidelines.
Non-Cumulative Absences include:
1. Home instruction
2. Religious holidays prescribed by the Department of
Education (verified by parental note.)
3 Death in the immediate family (verified by parental note.)
4. Legal obligations (as documented by the judicial verification.)
5. Administrative reasons: school-sponsored field trips,
OSS/OSS, in-school appointments (i.e.: VP, counselor, nurse.)
6. One (1) day for driver's license acquisition (documentation
required)
7. Three (3) days each year for the purpose of junior and
seniors to make visitations to colleges and/or vocational schools.
Such visits must be prearranged and the house office must be given
24 hours notice. These visits must be validated by the institution.
Validation forms can be obtained from the counseling services office
and must be returned to the house office upon return to school.
Additional visits will accumulate toward the absence limits.
The School Day
The school day extends from 7:35am to 2:03pm. Students are
expected to arrive promptly to each class during the course of the
school day. Attendance is recorded on a block by block basis. In
order to participate in extra curricular, co-curricular, or work study
activities, a student is expected to attend all regularly scheduled
classes for that day. Holiday/vacation/weekend participation
requires attendance at school on the last day that school was in
session prior to the holiday/vacation/weekend. This requirement will
not apply if the absence is considered a Non-Cumulative absence.