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• If a student is late to school he/she must report to the office with a note from the parent/guardian explaining the tardiness prior to going to class. • Special situations will be handled individually by the classroom teachers, guidance counselor or principal/principal designee. • A student must be in attendance by 10:00am to be eligible for participation in school extra-curricular events after school or in the evening. • In cases of chronic or irregular absence, reportedly due to illness, the Principal may request a physician's statement certifying that the prolonged absence is justified. According to School Committee policy, any child absent for five or more consecutive days must submit a physician's note to the office upon return to school. • When excessive absences do not improve following intervention(e.g., staff phone calls, principal letters,requested meetings) the school has the authority under the Massachusetts Federal Laws to seek court action and/or DSS action. • At the discretion of the teacher, homework and classroom work may be made up by a student incurring absences. • A student tardy and/or dismissed will not attain perfect attendance for the year. At 8:55am a student is tardy. Leaving school prior to 3:20pm is a dismissal. • Children will be considered present for the school day as long as they have been in attendance for at least half the day or 3.25 hours. • Students cannot arrive prior to 8:40am. There is no supervision for students prior to this time. Students arriving prior to 8:40am must remain outdoors until permitted into the building by the staff on duty. Dismissal is at 3:20pm. All other dismissals will be marked as an early dismissal from school and will be recorded on the student's report card. TARDINESS If a child is tardy, the parent must bring him/her to the office to check in and to obtain a pass for class. When a child is late, a dated, written note, signed by the parent/guardian is required. The reason for tardiness must be stated in this note presented to the office. A PK-2 student entering school after 8:55am is tardy. For PK afternoon session, a student entering after 12:50pm is tardy. If tardy, a child cannot attain perfect attendance for the year. EARLY DISMISSAL Parents/guardians are not to pick up their children in the classroom. They must report to the school office to sign their children out. Children will only be dismissed from the office; not the classroom or other school grounds. Children will only be dismissed to a designated person with a valid driver's license. Parents/guardians picking up a child must come into the building. They must sign the appropriate log in the office and office personnel will send for the child to come to the office. No child may leave the building without dismissal from the office. No child may be picked up curbside as an adult waits in a vehicle. Office personnel cannot determine who is actually in the vehicle and who has taken the child. Therefore, the adult must come into the building to ensure the safety of the child during dismissal. 12