2018-2019_Student_Handbook

“Today the School, Tomorrow the World. Global Education for a Global Society”
Section II –Attendance and Absences
Here at Roosevelt High School, it is our goal to ensure that every student achieves
academic success by being present at school every day and on time. Students who
have regular school attendance learn more and are more successful in school.
Attending school is required by law! All students must attend school every day until the
student reaches age eighteen. Absences hinder the student’s ability to be successful.
Tardy means that the student arrives in the middle of an ongoing lesson and creates a
disturbance for other students. Student absences are excused for the following reasons:
Excused Absences:
· Student illness (a doctor’s note is required if a student is absent for five (5) or more
consecutive days)
· Death in the student’s immediate family
· Necessity for a student to attend a judicial proceeding as a plaintiff, defendant,
witness, or juror
· Observance of a religious holiday
· Temporary school closings due to weather, unsafe conditions or other emergencies
· Medical reasons such as a doctor’s appointment (a doctor’s note is required)
· Failure of DC to provide transportation where legally responsible
· Visiting a parent in the military
· Emergency circumstances approved by on a case-by-case basis
Excused Absences will be coded in APSEN as “A-E (excused reason)”.
Suspensions are considered as excused absences; however, teachers should ensure
that they have coded the student with an unexcused absence. Deans will record
suspensions through the Student Behavior Tracker (SBT) and the unexcused absences
will automatically change to an excused absence “A-E (au. Suspended)” within 24
hours.