When you receive an automated message indicating that your child missed one or more class periods on a certain day, you will need to contact your campus Student Data Specialist or attendance clerk.

To excuse this absence, a note or email from the parent or guardian with the reason for the absence must be provided within three days of your child’s return to school. Emails to excuse absences should be directed to the school student data specialist for elementary students or the school attendance clerk for secondary students. Parents now have access through their FOCUS portal account to upload their absence notes.  

Attendance notes should include the student’s name, the date the note was written, the date(s) the student was absent, the reason for the absence and a parent signature.