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ATTENDANCE

STUDENT/PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Regular attendance and compliance with the Washoe County School District Attendance Policy are important to success at Reed High School. Students and parents are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the district policy. It is important to note the following:
  1. Students are required to attend 100 percent of all scheduled classes in which they are enrolled, unless otherwise excused.
  2. All parent notes must include the student's last name and be signed by parent. A parent or legal guardian must sign all notes.
  3. Parent notes or parent calls are required to excuse/prearranged absences for illness, medical, dental and legal appointments, family bereavement, religious observances and obtain verification of those appointments with the school attendance office.
  4. Absences for extenuating circumstances must be prearranged with the school's attendance office and be approved by an administrator. Every effort should be made to complete this process a week in advance of the absence. All parent notes and excuses must be submitted to the school's office within three (3) school days of the absence and the student's return to school. Failure to complete this process may result in the absence being classified as UNVERIFIED. Absence notes will be processed before school, nutrition break, between classes, at lunch, and after school until 3:30 p.m.
  5. Parents are encouraged to call the school's attendance office prior to 9:00 a.m. if their student is home ill. This procedure will help the office know the whereabouts of students. The school will make telephone contact with parents after the student's absence.

The following is information regarding the district attendance policy:
  1. Student attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class period.
  2. If a student is not in class when the class period begins, he/she will be considered absent.
  3. If a student arrives after class has begun, the teacher will change the absence to either excused missed instruction (EMI) or unexcused missed instruction (UMI).
  4. The limitation of absences is six (6) domestic, unverified, or truant absences per semester. This is in accordance with the 90% rule for a block schedule school. On the student?s seventh domestic, unverified, medical or truant absence, the student may lose credit in the class. Attendance appeals are allowed at the end of each semester.
  5. Circumstance absences are limited to five/class/semester. These absences do not count towards the 90% attendance rule.
TARDY POLICY Unexcused Missed Instruction (UMI) Punctuality is a necessary trait. Students at Reed High School are expected to be in their classroom and ready to work when the tardy bell rings. Additionally, all students are expected to comply with the classroom policies of indiviual teachers. The consequences are immediate detention. Which will be assigned the day of the tardy.