A student will not be counted absent for an appointment with a doctor, dentist, or other health care professional if the student attends school at any time on the day of the appointment and provides appropriate documentation. 

For absences to be excused, students must submit to the designated campus official, or submit to the campus designated email address below, a note signed by the parent that provides the following information:

• The student’s name and grade

• The date(s) of the absence(s)

• The reason for the absence(s),

• The parent’s name and signature, and

• The parent’s daytime telephone number or contact number.

Clerks will only accept absence notes via email if it is submitted from the email address that is on file for the parent. If the parent is submitting a note from an email address that is not on file, the parent must either log into Parent Self Serve and change their email address, or submit a copy of their photo ID in order for the campus to make the attendance change in their child’s record.

Parents are required to submit absence notes within 48 hours (two business days) of the return of the student to campus or the absence will become an unexcused absence.

A note regarding a student’s absence signed by a student, even with the parent’s permission, will be considered a forgery, and the student will be disciplined.

A principal may require a physician’s verification of an illness at any time.

Parents should use the the campus email listed below to submit electronic absence excuses: