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PROCEDURES TO SUBMIT AN ADMIT/NOTE

 
Absences shall be reported to the student’s school by the parent/guardian no later than three (3) days from the date of the absence.
 
Failure to report and explain absence(s) shall result in unexcused absence(s).
 
 

Submit Electronically

Parents/guardians who wish to submit documentation for an excused absence may do so electronically by completing the Excused Absence Request form.
 
Documentation uploaded MUST include the following:
  • Student Name
  • Student ID #
  • Date of the Absence(s)
  • Reason for the Absence(s)
  • Parent/guardian Signature
 
 

In Person

Parents/guardians who wish to submit documentation for an excused absence in person may do so no later than three (3) days from the date of the absence in the following ways:
  • Directly to the school's attendance office by parent/guardian
  • Directly to the student's Period 1 or Period 2 teacher by student
Documentation provided MUST include the following:
  • Student Name
  • Student ID #
  • Date of the Absence(s)
  • Reason for the Absence(s)
  • Parent/guardian Signature 

Attendance Policy

MDCPS Attendance Policy
 
 

Late and Early Policy

LATE ARRIVAL AND EARLY DISMISSAL

Students shall be in attendance throughout the school day. If a student will be late to school or dismissed before the end of the school day, the parent shall notify the school in advance and state the reason for the tardiness or early dismissal. Justifiable reasons shall be determined by the principal. Students will be counted absent if they are not present in class for at least half of the class period. To be counted "present" for the day, the student must be in attendance for a minimum of two hours of the day unless extenuating circumstances exist as determined by the Superintendent.

The name of any individual who is authorized or unauthorized by the registering parent to pick up a student from school must be contained on the Emergency Student Data Form for that student to be released to the individual by school staff (See F.S. 1000.21(5) and Policy 0100 for definitions of “parent”). The school shall abide by the information provided on the Emergency Student Data Form. Any person verified as a parent in the District’s Student Information System is presumed to be authorized to pick up the student unless otherwise indicated. The registering parent who completes the Emergency Student Data Form is responsible for providing information that is truthful and accurate – and in the case of unmarried, divorced, or separated parents, consistent with any court order in effect governing their divorce, separation, or parenting matters. Any parent contesting the information provided in the Emergency Student Data Form by another parent may seek assistance from the court governing their parenting matters to compel the registering parent to revise the information. School staff shall provide such persons with the website for the Family Court Self-Help Program at http://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Family-Court-Self-Help-Program. Parents may also agree to change the registering parent and submit an Agreement to Change Registering Parent Form (FM-7600) at any time.

No student shall be permitted to leave school prior to dismissal at the request of or in the company of anyone other than a school employee, a police officer with judicial authority, a court official, or the parents of the student unless the permission of the parent is provided. Where parents are divorced or separated, only the enrolling parent may provide permission. Parents may have access to the student and/or his/her student records, unless the school has been provided with evidence that there is a legally binding instrument or court order governing such matters as divorce, separation, or custody, which provides to the contrary.

No student shall be sent from school grounds to perform an errand or act as a messenger except with the approval of the principal and only for urgent and necessary school business and with the consent of the student's parent.

No student who has a medical disability which may be incapacitating may be released without a person to accompany him/her.

No student shall be released to anyone not authorized by the parent.