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Attendance Policy

Attendance – Parish Policy

 

When a student accumulates five (5) or more unexcused absences per semester or fifteen (15) excused absences, the following actions will be taken: 

 

  • A letter from the Child's school will be sent to parents requiring attendance at a Truancy Hearing or arrangements made for attendance recovery at the school. 

  • Parents will get a chance to explain and correct the attendance problem by meeting with the Principal. 

  • Failure to comply will result in the parents being turned over to the Vernon Parish Child Welfare and Attendance Director , the FINS Officer (Families in Need of Services) and the Vernon Parish District Attorney for further review. 

 

Prior to this procedure, the following will have taken place:

 

  • Schools track attendance each day. After three (3) days being absent a letter is sent to parents 

  • After (5) days unexcused absences parents will be contacted and arrangements will be made for attendance recovery at the school. 

  • If that fails, a Truancy Hearing notification is sent to parents

 

The only days not counted in the “5 days” are days excused due to extenuating circumstances.  Extenuating circumstances include: extended personal or emotional illness as verified by a physician, an extended hospital stay as verified by a physician, extended recuperation from an accident as verified by a physician, prior school system approved travel for education, extended contagious disease within a family as verified by a physician, death in family, or a natural catastrophe and/or disaster.  For any other extenuating circumstance parents must make a formal appeal in accordance with the due process established by the Vernon Parish School Board. 

 

For your information and for the protection of your child, a letter is automatically printed and sent home once your child misses 3, 5, and 8 days of school.  

 

The Vernon Parish School Board has an automated call system which notifies parents when your child is absent, disciplined through the office, or receives a  failing grade.  This is designed to keep parents informed and children safe.

 

Students not meeting attendance mandates are required to attend summer school in order to be promoted.

**Summer Attendance Recovery:  Parents will be charged a rate of $15.00 per day, a maximum of $150.00 for their child to attend Summer attendance recovery.