Attendance

Good student attendance and punctuality is essential for learning. Cooperation is encouraged on the part of the students and their parents/guardians. Attendance is one of the key factors in maintaining and improving achievement levels in all subjects and maintaining quality student-teacher contact. Every absence tends to decrease the efficiency of this total school process.

Parents are allowed to excuse their child five (5) times during each semester with a maximum of ten (10) days per year. All unexcused absences will fall under this rule. Excused absences in excess of the 5/10 rule may be determined as unexcused. Students with unexcused absences in excess of the 5/10-day rule may be referred for truancy.  The Board and its designees shall not excuse a pupil for more than 10 days per school year.

Attendance Line: 262.367.3606 x5

Excused Absences: 

Student attendance will be monitored by the district daily, and students are required to attend school every day unless there is a need to be absent for one of the following reasons within the 5/10 rule: 

1. Personal illness of the student 
2. Serious illness of a member of the immediate family causing the student to be needed at home 
3. Doctor or dental appointment (families are encouraged to make doctor/dental and other personal appointments after school hours) 
4. Sudden emergencies 
5. Pre-planned absences (maximum of ten days per school year) 
6. Approved educational opportunities 
7. Suspension from school 

While it is a parental right to legally excuse your child from school up to ten days per school year without a medical excuse, students who have ten or more absences in a school year may have an impact on their learning. Therefore, it is our practice to send out a letter reminding parents when their child is at or approaching ten days. Depending on attendance, subsequent letters may follow. If a child is absent too frequently a doctor’s excuse may be required. An unreported absence is considered an unexcused absence.  Parents are allowed to excuse their child five (5) times during each semester with a maximum of ten (10) days per year. 

Check-in/Check-out

Students who are attending part of the day, must check in and check out through the front office prior to walking outside for parent/guardian pick-up.  Parents/Guardians should press the intercom buzzer to alert the office they are waiting.

Excessive Absences

When a student is repeatedly absent, it shall be the responsibility of the school to investigate the reasons and work with the student's family to take corrective action. It shall be, however, the primary responsibility of the student's family to ensure regular school attendance. The following steps shall be taken:

• After a student has been absent excused or unexcused five (5) days in a semester, a letter shall be sent to the student's parent(s)/guardian(s) verifying the dates of the absences. The parent(s)/guardian(s) shall be advised of the school policy as it relates to a student accumulating five (5) days of absences within a semester. *“Habitual truant" means a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under sub. (4) and s. 118.15 for part or all of five (5) or more days on which school is held during a semester.

• After a student has been absent five (5) days in a semester, a conference may be requested with the student and the student's parent(s) / guardian(s). Future absences may be listed as unexcused absences.

• After a student has been absent eight (8) days ten (10) days, the student and their parent(s) / guardian(s) may be required to appear at a conference with a school administrator. The administrator will hear evidence regarding the number and the nature of the absences and efforts that have been made to correct the problem. The administrator will then determine what action is required to ensure regular attendance.

If a student is open enrolled in the district, their open enrollment may be revoked for excessive absences and/or tardies.