Tardy Policy
All STUDENTS ARRIVING LATE MUST SIGN IN WITH ATTENDANCE.
Students will then receive a late arrival slip and go to class.
Zero Tolerance Tardy Policy
- Students who arrive after the first bell will be considered tardy and a 20 min. lunch tutorial will be assigned. A note from a medical provider is the only way to excuse a lunch tutorial. Proof of an appointment reminder (via text message/email etc.) may be shown in lieu of a medical provider note. A parent calling their child in late to school informs Attendance of the reason for the late arrival; however, it does NOT waive the lunch tutorial.
- Per Ca. state law, any student who is tardy or absent for any 30-minute period during the school day, without a valid excuse on three occasions during one school year, is classified as truant and will receive a Saturday School
*If a student is tardy to one or more classes after lunch, they will serve a Lunch Tutorial the next school day. Any Lunch Tutorial not served will result in an After School Detention, unless prior arrangements have been made with Student Services. After School Detentions are from 3:28-4:08 pm in room B1. Failure to report to after school detentions will result in Saturday school.
Please contact student services with any questions about your student's assigned lunch tutorial, after school detention or Saturday School.
Attendance Policies
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
Students are expected to attend school daily. Consistent daily attendance is critical for a student’s academic success. The State of California considers ten days of absences for one school year, for any reason, excessive.
California Education Code 48205 states that a student may be excused legally from school when the absence is due to:
Illness/injury, medical or dental appointments, serious illness or death in the immediate family, religious holidays, college visits, & court appearances. At any time, you may leave a voicemail regarding your child's absence on our 24-hour Message Line. Absences must be cleared within three days of the absence. Please be aware, that proof of the college visit is required after a student has been called out for 5 off campus college visits.
*Please note that any absences not listed above, such as Personal Reasons, non-medical appointments, car or bike trouble, non-school related sporting events, vacations, cheer competitions, birthdays, oversleeping, etc. are considered unexcused. It is up to the discretion of the teachers to allow make up work for unexcused absences. We encourage you to plan ahead and initiate an Indpendent Study contract if the absence will be between 3-14 days.
When a student reaches 5 excused absences in the school year in one period, any further period absences for that same period shall be verified by a physician to be excused.
Per CUSD School Board Policy 5112, when a student has had 14 excused absences in the school year for illness, a physician shall verify any further absence for illness.
All Day Absences & Early Out Procedures
EARLY OUT PROCEDURE
If a student needs to leave early, please leave a message on the early out line, stating the student’s name, reason for leaving early, date and time they need to leave. Students may pick up early out passes before school, during lunch or at break. NO PASSES WILL BE GIVEN DURING CLASS TIME. We do not interrupt instruction time to deliver passes or call classrooms so please plan ahead. We encourage call outs ahead of time and even up to a week ahead of time. Last minute call outs will often result in a delay for the student to leave campus. If the student will be returning to school and will be tardy to a class due to being at a medical appointment, please have the student bring a note from the medical provider, showing that they were there to avoid a lunch tutorial.
ALL DAY ABSENCE PROCEDURE
If your student will be absent for the entire day, please leave a message on the all-day absence line on the day of the absence. Include the students name, date of the absence, name of the person calling and reason for the absence.
ALL DAY ABSENCE LINE (949)234-5592
EARLY OUT/ TARDY LINE (949)234-5568
Independent Study
TO REQUEST AN INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT:
- Students must have a minimum of four academic classes on campus to qualify.
- The Independent Study contract must be for a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 14 days per school year. A minimum of two weeks’ notice must be given to attendance when requesting Independent Study.
- ALL pages of the contract must be filled out, signed and brought back to the attendance office prior to the first day of the Independent Study.
- Upon return, attach a minimum of two pieces of the work completed while on Independent Study to the corresponding assignment sheet & make sure your first & last name and period are on each assignment. Attendance will then issue the work to the teachers for grading.
- Even if all work was done on Canvas, you must print and submit a minimum of TWO completed assignments.
- No Independent Study Contracts will be given the first two weeks of the school year, the last two weeks of the school year and during final exams.
* IF ANY OF THESE STEPS ARE NOT COMPLETE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE A CONTRACT & A PARENT/GUARDIAN MUST CALL IN THE ABSENCE AND THE ABSENCE MAY BE UNEXCUSED.
IT IS AT THE TEACHER'S DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER THEY ALLOW STUDENTS TO MAKE UP WORK WHEN THEY ARE OUT WITH AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE.
Please contact Kim Duffy to arrange for an Independent Study Contract kgduffy@capousd.org