Describe each strategy and include benchmarks/data points per quarter.
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Unexcused Absences
Parents who have been children absent for three days consectively will be notified through Parent Link of the absences.
Students who have 5 or more abscences will have their ID's released to the State Attorney's Office. A letter will be mailed from ETS with the return address of the State Attorney's Office.
Parent Conference with the designee (Lisa Rodriguez, Assistant Prinicpal) will take place where a plan will be devised to help the Parent with their child's attendance.
After 10 abscences, the parent will receive a certified letter that requires the parent to meet with the Principal, Area Student Services Coordinator and the Assistant State Attorney to create a plan of action to comply with the Florida's Compulsory Attendance statute.
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Excessive Excused Absences
(5 or more in a single month)
Parents who have been children absent for three days consectively will be notified through Parent Link of the absences. If a reason is not accepted, the school will monitor the case, and continues school-based interventions to remediate the truant behavior.
Students who have 5 or more abscences will have their ID's released to the State Attorney's Office. A letter will be mailed from ETS with the return address of the State Attorney's Office.
Parent Conference with the designee (Lisa Rodriguez, Assistant Prinicpal) will take place where a plan will be devised to help the Parent with their child's attendance.
After 10 abscences, the parent will receive a certified letter that requires the parent to meet with the Principal, Area Student Services Coordinator and the Assistant State Attorney to create a plan of action to comply with the Florida's Compulsory Attendance statute.
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Tardiness
Tardiness is defined as a student not being in the classroom when the class is scheduled to begin. Parents must follow the same process to excuse a tardy as they do to excuse an absence.
Excessive tardiness will be addressed on a case-by-case basis to determine if there is a pattern of non-attendance. Non-attendance for instructional activities is established by tardiness,
early-sign-outs, or absences for all or any part of the day. Habitual tardiness is defined as being tardy 5 times within a marking period. Principals have the discretion to excuse tardiness for extenuating circumstances.
Unless excused under the provisions of this policy, accumulated early sign-outs will be recorded as unexcused absences. (F.S. 1003.02 (1) (b)
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Excessive Early Sign Out
Excessive early sign-outs will be addressed on a case-by-case basis to determine if there is a pattern of non-attendance. Non-attendance for instructional activities is established by tardiness,
early-sign-outs, or absences for all or any part of the day.
Unless excused under the provisions of this policy, accumulated early sign-outs will be recorded as unexcused absences. (F.S. 1003.02 (1) (b)
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Pattern of Non-Attendance
(Combinaton of the 4 previews strategies)
The person responsible for a student's pattern of Non-Attendance is the school Social Worker along with Support Staff(CPST). When a student's pattern of non- attendance becomes an issue an intervention will be implemented with the school's Social Worker, parent(s), and Support Staff(CPST) utilizing the Attendance Toolkit. These interventions may include, but not limited to: 1. Frequent communication between the teacher and family, 2. Changes in learning environment, 3. Mentoring, 4. Student Counseling, 5. Tutoring, including peer tutoring, 6. Placement into differnt classes, 7. Evaluation for alternative education programs, 8. Attendance contracts, 9. Referral to other agencies for family interventions or services.
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Chronic Absenteeism
The person responsible for a student's pattern of Chronic Absenteeism is the school Social Worker. When a student's Chronic Abesenteeism becomes an issue an intervention will be implemented with the school's Social Worker, parent(s), and Support Staff(CPST) by using the Chronic Abenteeism Toolkit. These interventions may include, but not limited to: 1. Frequent communication between the teacher and family, 2. Changes in learning environment, 3. Mentoring, 4. Student Counseling, 5. Tutoring, including peer tutoring, 6. Placement into differnt classes, 7. Evaluation for alternative education programs, 8. Attendance contracts, 9. Referral to other agencies for family interventions or services.
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