2018-2019_Student_Handbook

More documents

Recommendations

Info

“Today the School, Tomorrow the World. Global Education for a Global Society” A. General Attendance Requirements All children who reach five (5) years of age on or before September 30th of the current school year are considered school-aged and must attend school on time every day until they meet high school graduation requirements or reach their 18th birthday. DC Code § 38-202(b)-(c) establishes the justification for requiring no further attendance for minors who graduate from high school and flexible school hours for students who reach 17 years of age and are gainfully employed. (b) Any minor who has satisfactorily completed the senior high school course of study prescribed by [DCPS] and has been granted a diploma that certifies his or her graduation from high school, or who holds a diploma or certificate of graduation from another course of study determined by [DCPS] to be at least equivalent to that required by [DCPS] for graduation from the public senior high schools, shall be excused from further attendance at school. (c) Any minor who has reached the age of 17 years may be allowed flexible school hours by the head of the educational institution in which the minor is enrolled provided he or she is actually, lawfully, gainfully, and regularly employed, but in no case shall he or she be excused entirely from regular attendance or excused to the extent that his or her timely graduation would be jeopardized or prevented. B. School Expectations All schools shall implement a specific protocol for attendance monitoring and absenteeism, including a focus on prevention of unexcused absences and the use of academic and behavioral interventions to address the needs of students. School officials are responsible for taking attendance accurately every day in the student information system (SIS). A written note must be provided to the school by the student’s parent within five (5) school days after the student’s return to school in order for an absence to be excused. Upon receipt of appropriate documentation within this time period, schools must update absences as excused within 48 hours. C. Excused Absences The following absences may be classified as an excused absence:
“Today the School, Tomorrow the World. Global Education for a Global Society” ● Illness of the student (a doctor’s note is required for a student absent five or more days in a term ● Illness of a child for parenting students (a doctor’s note is required for a student absent five or more days in a term); ● Medical or dental appointments for the student; ● Death in the student’s immediate family; ● Exclusion by direction of the authorities of the District of Columbia, due to quarantine, contagious disease, infection, infestation, or other condition requiring separation from other students for medical or health reasons; ● Necessity for a student to attend a judicial proceeding, or court-ordered activity, as a party to the action or under subpoena; ● Observance of a religious holiday; ● Absences to allow students to visit their parent who is in the military, immediately before, during, or after deployment; ● College visits for students in 9th- 12th grades (up to three cumulative days); ● School visits for students in K through 8th grades (one day); ● Absences of expectant or parenting students for a time period specified by their doctor and any accommodations mandated by law; ● Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day; ● Religious event or celebration outside of a religious holiday (up to five cumulative days); and ● An emergency or other circumstance approved by DCPS. The following absences may also be excused without written documentation from the parent, as verified by the school: ● Lawful out of school suspension or exclusion by school authorities; ● Temporary closing of facilities or suspension of classes due to severe weather, official activities, holidays, malfunctioning equipment, unsafe or unsanitary conditions, or other condition(s) or emergency requiring a school closing or suspension of classes; ● Failure of the District of Columbia to provide transportation in cases where the District of Columbia has a legal responsibility for the transportation of the student ● An emergency or other circumstance approved by DCPS.
Page 1 and 2: Theodore Roosevelt High School Stud
Page 3 and 4: “Today the School, Tomorrow the W
Page 37: “Today the School, Tomorrow the W

2018-2019_Student_Handbook

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?