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Attendance
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Absence Information
When your child is absent from school for any reason, please call the school and clear the absence. you may call and report your child's absence by dialing (530) 891-3119, choose attendance even if it is the middle of the night.
Please identify:
* Your name
* Your child's name
* Your child's teacher
* Room number
* Days absent
* Reason for the absence
If your child has been ill with a fever or nausea they must stay home for 24 hours after the fever breaks.
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Truancies
A student who is absent from school without a valid excuse in excess of the (30) minutes or more per day for four different days during the school year will be declared truant, and the parents will be notified of their obligation to resolve the truancy problem.
After 3 unexcused absences, a letter of truancy notification will be sent home. After 4 unexcused absences, a second truancy notice will be sent home and parents will be invited to attend a conference to discuss resolution of the truancy problem. A student with more than 5 unexcused absences will be declared a habitual truant and another parent conference will be scheduled. If suggested alternatives to reach resolution of the truancy problem are not followed through responsibly and successfully, the problem will be reviewed and consideration will be given to pursue a course of legal action.
It is the hope that these attendance procedures wil help both the school and parents to work together in a cooperative manner towards our common goal of increasing each child's success in school. As parents, you have a great deal to do with the establishment of regular and punctual student attendance habits. Your cooperation and support of our attendance procedures will be greatly appreciated.
After 3 unexcused absences, a letter of truancy notification will be sent home. After 4 unexcused absences, a second truancy notice will be sent home and parents will be invited to attend a conference to discuss resolution of the truancy problem. A student with more than 5 unexcused absences will be declared a habitual truant and another parent conference will be scheduled. If suggested alternatives to reach resolution of the truancy problem are not followed through responsibly and successfully, the problem will be reviewed and consideration will be given to pursue a course of legal action.
It is the hope that these attendance procedures wil help both the school and parents to work together in a cooperative manner towards our common goal of increasing each child's success in school. As parents, you have a great deal to do with the establishment of regular and punctual student attendance habits. Your cooperation and support of our attendance procedures will be greatly appreciated.
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Absences
It is very important that parents call the school the morning the student is kept home from school. It is the parent's responsibility to clear absences. Every day a student is not in school, the school loses money that would support Hooker Oak's classrooms. Any absence that is not cleared in 3 days will be marked unexcused. The 24 hour attendance reporting line is 530-891-3119 . An example of an unexcused absence would be a family vacation.
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each student absence and determine whether the absence is excused or unexcused. Given parent authorization, school personnel will excuse a student absence from school for the following reasons:
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each student absence and determine whether the absence is excused or unexcused. Given parent authorization, school personnel will excuse a student absence from school for the following reasons:
- Illness
- To receive medical, dental, optometrical or chiropractic services
- Exclusion from school for health and safety (not more than 5 days)
- Exclusion from school for head lice/nits ( 2 days)
- Attendance at funeral services for a member of immediate family
- Observance of a religious holiday/ceremony
- Quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer
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Tardies
A student is tardy when he/she arrives in the classroom after the tardy bell rings at 8:15. A student is habitually tardy to a class when he/she receives three (3) or more unexcused tardies per trimester. A student is truant when he/she arrives unexcused in the classroom 30 minutes after the bell rings.
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each student tardy and determine whether the tardy is excused or unexcused. Minimal excused tardiness is understandable. The student will be expected to make up work missed without penalty. Unexcused tardiness is inappropriate and may result in disciplinary consequences and referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB)
All excused tardies should be accompanied by a doctor's verification note.
School personnel will consider the circumstances and reasons for each student tardy and determine whether the tardy is excused or unexcused. Minimal excused tardiness is understandable. The student will be expected to make up work missed without penalty. Unexcused tardiness is inappropriate and may result in disciplinary consequences and referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB)
All excused tardies should be accompanied by a doctor's verification note.
Quick Links
titleHooker Oak Elementary School
- Address: 1238 Arbutus Ave.,Chico, CA 95926address
- Phone: (530) 891-3119Phone
- Fax: Fax(530) 891-3120
- Attendance: Attendance(530) 891-3119 (Select 1)
- Office Hours: HoursMonday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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