Attendance and Behavior expectations

At Ramona we have two start times to help alleviate the traffic congestion from student drop off.

These start times mean that students should be lined up and with their teacher. If they are not, they are marked late.  Students who arrive after their grade level start time need to enter through the Main Office and get a tardy slip.

Also, please be aware that per California Education Code (48200) three tardies equals one absence.  Students who have   

 

If your student is going to be absent please contact the school office by calling (626) 943-3661 or send an email to: [email protected] . Please add Student’s Name, Student ID# and reason for missing school. All Doctor notes and parent excuse nots must be turned in to the Front Office.

 

• Personal illness or injury
• Quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer
• Medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic services rendered
• Attendance at funeral services for a member of the immediate family (1 day within the state/3 days if out of state)
• Exclusion for failure to present evidence of immunization (Education Code 48216)
• Exclusion from school because student is either the carrier of a contagious disease or not immunized for a contagious disease (Education Code 48213)
• Pupils in grades 7-12 who leave school (with prior approval of the Principal or his/her designee) to obtain confidential medical services. The pupil should return a copy of the medical professional's appointment verification form.
• Time for a student to spend time with a family member who is being deployed or returning from deployment
• Upon written request of the parent or guardian and approval of the Principal or his/her designee,) and pursuant to board policy, a student's personal justifiable absence may be excused. Reasons include, but are not limited to:
  • Appearance in court.
  • Observation of a holiday or ceremony of his/her religion.
  • Attendance at religious retreats not to exceed four (4) hours per semester.
  • Attendance at funeral services (for other than the immediate family)

 

Why does attendance matter in Elementary School?

Attendance Myths:

1. Excused absences don’t count.

• Whether excused or unexcused, if a student is absent they are not learning and they are missing opportunities to build skills
• Excused and unexcused absences result in too much time lost in the classroom.

• Missing school can cause learning gaps and lower academic performance
• Students who miss 10% of the year are considered chronically absent.
• If a child is absent an average of 2+ days a month, then they are absent far more than 10+ days a year.
• Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school

• Make up work can’t replace the experience and interaction that happens with initially learning the content of a lesson
• Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.

• TK and Kindergarten is the foundation of learning to read, do math, and socialize with other students.
• One in 10 kindergarten and 1st grade students nationally are chronically absent.
• Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.
• Only 17% of students considered chronically absent in kindergarten and 1st grade were reading proficiently in the 3rd grade. Compared to 64% of those students with good attendance

• We care about our students. When students are in school they are growing academically as well as building social skills.
• Many children miss 10% of a school year – that is almost a month per school year!
• Over 2/3 of the U.S. fourth grade students are NOT reading at grade level!
• By 6th grade chronic absenteeism is a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.