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School Attendance
Absences:
Illness: If your child is ill, you are expected to call the school office at 637-4860 ext. 2488 each day of the absence to let us know that the child will not be in school. For your children's safety, our office staff must verify the whereabouts of the absent children and will need to reach you if you have not called in. The office is staffed between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. At all other times, an answering machine is on particularly for absence reporting. Children should not be sent to school if they are feeling ill so that they can get better and so that other children don't get sick. Students may not come to school if they have had a fever within the past 24 hours.
Out of Town: If your child will not be attending school due to an out of town absence, a note must be given to the child's teacher two weeks prior to the date of absence. Students missing more than 5 days of instruction must complete an independent study packet prepared by the child's teacher. In addition, please notify the office of your child's expected absence either in person or by phoning the attendance line.
Truancy: Under state regulations, a student absent three times without being excused or late three times in excess of thirty minutes is considered truant. (Note: The state allows only medical/dental appointments and illness as excused tardies.) If the truancy is not corrected, students will be referred to the district's School Attendance Review Board (SARB). For children to receive the full benefit of their education at Nesbit, it is necessary for them to be in school daily, and ready to work when class begins at 8:25. Please help us to instill good habits in your child.
Appointments: We encourage you to make appointments for your children outside regular school hours if at all possible. If it is necessary for you to remove your child from school, please come first to the office to sign out your child. The child must be signed out by an adult (parent or someone authorized on the emergency card) and signed back in upon arrival back at school.
Homework During Absences: Requests for homework should be left with the office staff or on a teacher's voice mail or email. Please do not interrupt classroom instruction to ask for missed assignments. Homework may be picked up in the school office.
Physical Education Instruction: Students will be excused from participation only with a written excuse from a doctor or parent.
