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Student Attendance
Is your student absent? Are you planning a trip where your student will be unable to school? Is your student having a prolonged health issue? It is important to keep DCA staff apprised of absences and family circumstances.
Report Your Child Absent
As a public school we are responsible for creating and maintaining attendance records for students. At our school we define attendance as the following:
- A student attending live Class Connect Sessions.
- A student receiving and responding to communication from a teacher.
- A student completing an assignment.
- A student participating in daily lessons.
Students need to complete one of the above requirements within 5 school days for each of the courses they are enrolled in in order to be marked as present.
Students who do not meet these minimum attendance requirements for any course (or combination of courses if enrolled in more than one course), for part or all of 5 or more days in which school is held, without an acceptable excuse, are considered habitually truant and, therefore, in violation of Wisconsin’s Compulsory Attendance Law. Wis. Stat. § 118.15 (1) (a). The law requires that a child attend school regularly until graduation from high school, or until the end of the semester in which he/she turns 18 years of age, or until he/she is excused from attendance by the school board.
Attendance Matters
- Daily Absence: To report an absence for the current day when missing 50% of more of the scheduled school day (3 or more hours), contact the Attendance Line by 9:00am. Phone: 1.608.838.9482 Option 0.
- Absent 3+ Days: Illness / Extended inability to participate in excess of 3 days, a medical note is required and needs to be submitted to the Attendance Specialist in a timely manner. Any excuse is to be in writing and state the time period for which it is valid, not to exceed 30 days, Wis. Stat. sec. 118.15(3)(a). Email: wiattendance@wivcs.org
- Planned Absence: If a future absence is scheduled to take place such as a vacation, complete the planned absence form at least three days to the absence. On the planned absence form you will click on “student absence form”.