Attendance Policies
HOMEWORK MAKE-UP
If you will be absent for more that 3 days, please arrange homework pick up through the school counselors.
If your absences do not exceed 3 days, you may arrange homework through your teachers' Google Classroom site.
VUSD ATTENDANCE POLICY
Good attendance is essential for school success. Parents can help by promoting punctuality and regular attendance. Medical appointments should be scheduled outside of school hours or on non-school days.
The parent must call the school as soon as possible,if a student is absent from school. If the school does not receive a call or note from the parent, the school will notify the parent that the student is not in school. High schools have an automated phone notification system.
EXCUSED absences include:
Illness or quarantine
Funeral attendance for an immediate family member
Court subpoena of the student
Medical appointment of the student
Religious holiday
Illness of the child of a teen parent
During excused absences, students will be allowed to complete assignments and tests that can be sensibly provided and completed in a reasonable period of time with full credit.
UNEXCUSED absences include:
Family vacation on days when school is in session
Late more than 30 minutes. Three late arrivals are considered truant.
Personal reasons such as moving, car breakdown, family illness, etc. A principal may excuse an absence under some circumstances.
Truancy - ditching or cutting class.
Tardy
Uncleared absence with no contact from the home
Family vacations need to be scheduled for non-school days. These absences are unexcused if they occur when school is in session.
After 10 days of consecutive uncleared absences, a student may be dropped from the school in which he/she is enrolled and could be at risk of losing his/her classroom assignment or place at the school.
Parent Connect
Parents can access their student's attendance daily on the internet using Parent Connect. Contact you child's school to sign up and get an access code.
WILL YOUR CHILD BE ABSENT?
To report a student's absence you may select either option:
* Call our office at (805) 641-5465 Select Option 3
*Submit attendance through ParentSquare
The message should include;
Students name, Parents name, date of absence and the reason of the absence
Thank You
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
"Each person between the ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted under the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing with section 48400) are subject to compulsory full-time education. Each person subject to compulsory full-time education and each person subject to compulsory education not exempted under the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with section 48400) shall attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for the full time as designated as the length of the school day by the governing board of the school district in which residency of either the parent or legal guardian is located and each parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the pupil shall send the pupil to the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for the full time designated as the length of the school day by the governing board of the school district in which the residence of either the parent or legal guardian is located."
California Education Code §48200