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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/guardian or persons designated by them must bring the child ■ to the office to check in and the child will obtain a pass for class. The parent/guardian will ■ submit or send a dated, written note stating the reason for tardiness. 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 or persons designated by them are not to pick up children in the classroom. They must report to the school office to sign the child out. Children will ■ only be dismissed from the office, not the classroom or other school grounds. Children will only be dismissed to the designated person with a valid driver's license. ■ Parents/guardians or designated individuals 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 ■ ■