(from the
MMS Student / Parent Handbook) Regular attendance is important throughout the year. Frequent absences interfere with your child’s progress toward meeting minimum standards for promotion. Students with excessive absences over the course of the school year will be considered for grade level retention by the principal.
Note: A student must be present until 11:25 am (1/2 day) in order to be recorded as present for that day and participate in any extracurricular events that student participates in. Notification of absences by report card will be given at the end of each grading period.
Unexcused Absences
In accordance with the NC Compulsory Attendance Law, students who accumulate 10 unexcused absences are considered truant. These students and/or their parents or guardians may be referred to the district attorney.
For absences in violation of the Compulsory Attendance Law, notification will be sent by letter for the 3rd, 6th, and 10th unexcused violation.
Excused Absences
Students who are absent should submit a note signed by the parent within three days of the absence. If the note is received within three days and meets state-identified criteria, the student’s absence will be coded as excused.
**The following reasons have been identified by the state of North Carolina as Excused Absences:
a.) Illness or injury (physically unable to attend school)
b.) Quarantine ordered by board of health
c.) Death in the immediate family (grandparent, parent, brother, sister)
d.) Medical or dental appointment (note from physician/dentist)
e.) Court or administrative proceedings
f.) Religious observance
g.) Educational opportunity (
prior approval from principal required at least 2 weeks prior to trip)
Absences not meeting the state-identified criteria will be coded as Unexcused Absences.
