Please notify the office before 9:00 a.m. each day if your child will be absent from school. We maintain a separate line for this purpose. The attendance line is open 24 hours a day and it is the parent’s responsibility to report a student’s absence. The phone number for our Attendance HotLine is (949) 936-8551. Please report known absences ahead of time.
Studies show that there is a direct correlation between good school attendance and student achievement. Therefore, we encourage you as parents to reinforce the importance of being at school each and every day and to make every effort to send your child to school on a regular basis. Attendance and tardies are monitored at the District level and warning letters will be generated if your child has 3 or more tardies of 30 minutes or more, 10 tardies of less than 30 minutes or 3 unexcused absences. If you wish to pick up work for an absent child, please contact the teacher directly and be aware that teachers will not be able to collect materials for your child during instructional hours.
If your child is tardy to school, he/she must report through the front office to allow us the ability to update our attendance records for that day. Consistent tardiness also impairs your child’s ability to perform well at school and will result in parent contact and appropriate consequences.
Should you find it necessary to schedule a medical/dental appointment during your child’s instructional day, please notify the teacher & school office via email in advance so that we may keep class interruptions to a minimum. All students leaving school before dismissal time must be signed out in the front office by a parent, guardian, or other adult listed as a contact on Parent Portal. Students will be released only to individuals whose names are listed as contacts in the Parent Portal (http://myiusd.org) with proper photo identification.