- Key West High School
- Attendance
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Monroe County School District
Attendance Policy
Parents must report the absence the day before, the day of, or within two school days following the absence the absence will be considered unexcused.
Excused Absences:• Tardy students must be signed-in at the Main Office.
**Parent/Guardian notification of an absence does not in-and-itself require the school administration to record the absence as excused**
Tardy Policies• Elementary students must be dropped off. Parents must walk students in to the Main Office.
• Excessive tardies may result in revocation of choice hardship.
Excused Tardies: illness; medical/dental appts; automobile accident; death or funeral; emergency situations acceptable to the principal; required court appearance; established religion observance; severe weather; and breakdown of school bus. Unexcused Tardies: car problems (e.g., flat tire, no gas, car won’t start, etc.); heavy traffic; overslept; returned for forgotten items; and non-educational appts.Unexcused Absences:
Absences not defined in the excused absence section.
• Absences not documented within two school days.
• Examples include but are not limited to: shopping trips; family vacations/trips; activities that should be conducted outside of the school day (e.g., hair/nail appts, sleeping, doing homework, DMV business, dance lessons); non-school events/programs/sporting activities; and activities more related to parental responsibilities (e.g., babysitting or providing transportation).
• Any unexcused absence will result in a grade penalty for work missed.
Special Guidelines:
•Students leaving early must check out through the Main Office.
•Students have 2 days for each day missed to make up class work upon return to school from an absence.
•After 3 consecutive absences, the teacher determines the due date for make-up work.
•Students are responsible for meeting due dates set prior to an absence (e.g., tests, projects, etc).
•High School: more than 6 missed class periods requires a passing grade on the semester exam to receive course credit towards graduation.
•Middle School: students who miss more than 90% of class time (e.g., 40 days of a 45 day marking period) must demonstrate mastery in order to earn a passing grade in a marking period for a course.
•Students will be referred to the Child Study Team after 5 unexcused absences within a calendar month or 10 unexcused absences within 90 calendar days.
•More than six absences per semester are considered excessive.
•Habitual Truant is defined by law as a student who has 15 unexcused absences within 90 calendar days.
•Truancy Petitions can be filed with the Circuit Court pursuant to §1003.26
•Truant minor students will either have their learner’s/driver’s license suspended or will not be able to receive a learner’s license. §322.091
• Illness or Injury of Student
• Religious Instruction/Holidays of the Student’s Own Faith (3 days notification required)
• Doctor/Dentist Appointment
• Attendance at Student’s IEP Meeting
• Court/Legal Appearances
• Death in the Immediate Family (no more than 7 days)
• Placement at the FL Keys Children’s Shelter
• With Written Permission of the Principal
• Special Event Approved by the Principal
• Communicable Disease/Infestation
Attendance Forms Absence Request Form
MCSD Attendance:
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HAITIAN CREOLEAttendance Office Contact Info
305-293-1549 ext. 54320