Attendance
Attendance Policy Jordan District Policy AA432 recognizes that regular attendance at school facilitates academic achievement. The interactions that take place between students and teachers in the classroom are invaluable components of the learning experience. The benefits of this face-to-face instruction, once lost, cannot be entirely regained. Utah’s Compulsory Education Law states that all school age children must be in attendance at school unless there is a valid and legitimate excuse (Utah Code 53-A11-101). The goal of the attendance policy is to increase student success by encouraging daily attendance and to help students develop personal responsibility in preparation for attendance expectations in their future. It is the responsibility of students, parents, teachers, and administration to ensure that a student is in attendance.
Student responsibilities include:
- Be in school regularly and arrive on time
- Collect work missed during an absence
Parent responsibilities include:
- Ensure that their student attend regularly and arrive on time
- Notify the school of absences
Teachers and administration will work cooperatively with students and parents to encourage and improve school attendance. The administration will use earnest and persistent effort, including parent notification, to deter excessive and unexcused student absences.
Arrival/Dismissal -Students are expected to enter and leave the building through assigned grade level doors. Teachers will greet students at grade level doors when the first bell rings.
Check-ins- Students arriving at school after 9:00 a.m. must check in at the front office and receive a tardy slip before going to class. Late arrivals due to illness, medical or dental appointments are noted in Skyward.
Check-outs- All students must be checked out in the office. Please arrange for check-outs in advance by contacting the teacher and/or office. Students will be checked out only to adults listed on their Skyward account. In an effort to limit classroom and instructional interruptions, please make after school arrangements and plans prior to sending your child to school.