Attendance Policy
You must email or call the school each day your child is absent.
You may submit an absence excuse for your child by completing one of the following:
1. Click the link above or
2. Email the school at [email protected] (this email is for attendance only)
What do I need to include?
Child's name, grade, date and reason for absence. Any doctor's notes can be attached to an email or simply brought into school when your child returns.
The following has been adapted from the New Haven Public Schools "Student/Parent Handbook":
Process for Absences
Schools take daily attendance. This attendance information is updated in PowerSchool daily, the NHPS computerized data system.
A student who has been absent on four consecutive days without an excuse is considered truant. Students absent four days or more will trigger:
The Connecticut State Board of Education policy states:
A student is considered to be “in attendance” if present at his/her assigned school, or an activity sponsored by the school (e.g., field trip), for at least half of the regular school day.
According to this policy, a student who is not “in attendance” is considered absent.
The definitions of excused and unexcused absences apply only to those absences that meet the standards of the State Board of Education guidelines for excused and unexcused absences.
Truant – according to C.G.S. section 10-198a, a “truant” is a student who has four unexcused absences in a month (period of time, not specific months named in a calendar) or 10 unexcused absences in a school year.
Habitual Truant - according to C.G.S. section 10-198a, a “habitual truant” is a student age five to eighteen, inclusive, who is enrolled in a public or private school and have twenty unexcused absences within a school year.
You must email or call the school each day your child is absent.
You may submit an absence excuse for your child by completing one of the following:
1. Click the link above or
2. Email the school at [email protected] (this email is for attendance only)
What do I need to include?
Child's name, grade, date and reason for absence. Any doctor's notes can be attached to an email or simply brought into school when your child returns.
The following has been adapted from the New Haven Public Schools "Student/Parent Handbook":
Process for Absences
Schools take daily attendance. This attendance information is updated in PowerSchool daily, the NHPS computerized data system.
A student who has been absent on four consecutive days without an excuse is considered truant. Students absent four days or more will trigger:
- Action by the prevention worker
- Attempt to reach the parent or guardian by phone and/or arrange a home visit. If the truancy worker has problems reaching the parent, he or she will visit the home.
- If that is unsuccessful, the next step is that the truancy worker sends a registered letter to the home to verify residency. If that fails, then the truancy worker will contact the student to try and resolve the best way to reach the parent
- At the home visit, the truancy worker will:
- Talk to the parent about the issue; Inform the parent about help from social service agencies and other assistance available; Advise the parent that a student with 4 or more unexcused absences will be subject to a Family with Service Needs referral;
- Continued truancy may result in referral of the student to a truancy session of YouthStat;
- Ask parent to sign documentation showing that he or she was visited and advised.
The Connecticut State Board of Education policy states:
A student is considered to be “in attendance” if present at his/her assigned school, or an activity sponsored by the school (e.g., field trip), for at least half of the regular school day.
According to this policy, a student who is not “in attendance” is considered absent.
The definitions of excused and unexcused absences apply only to those absences that meet the standards of the State Board of Education guidelines for excused and unexcused absences.
Truant – according to C.G.S. section 10-198a, a “truant” is a student who has four unexcused absences in a month (period of time, not specific months named in a calendar) or 10 unexcused absences in a school year.
Habitual Truant - according to C.G.S. section 10-198a, a “habitual truant” is a student age five to eighteen, inclusive, who is enrolled in a public or private school and have twenty unexcused absences within a school year.
