Attendance

REPORTING AN ABSENCE WHEN YOUR CHILD IS NOT AT SCHOOL

What do you have to do? When do I have to report it?

Woodside Reporting an Absence, 925-689-7671 Woodside Elementary

• Call our 24-hour hotline, (925) 682-8000, ext. 7755  OR email woodsideattendance@mdusd.org OR send your child with a note.
• Please give your child’s full name, date or days absent, teacher’s name, and why absent (sick, medical appt, vacation, funeral)
• Report absence within 72 hours. Absences not cleared will become unexcused absences.
• Unless you have a doctor’s note excusing multiple days, every absence must be reported to the school as they occur.

Tardies

• School begins at 8:05 AM

• Students are expected to line up in their lines when the bell rings. Late students must go to the office for a tardy pass. Tardies over 30 minutes late require a valid excuse such as a medical appointment or illness. Traffic, waking up late, or not wanting to come to school are unexcused.

Early release from school

• If your child needs to leave school early, then only someone on the emergency contact list with a photo ID can pick up your child.
• Your child must be picked up from the office, signed out, and not picked up from the classroom.

MDUSD has an attendance policy district-wide that is progressive to address attendance concerns, Every School Day Counts! If your child is struggling with attendance, you may receive a letter addressing tardiness, unexcused absences, excessive absences requiring medical verification, and invite you to school and district-based meetings to help partner with your family. A SART is the School Attendance Review Team and a SARB is a district School Attendance Review Board.

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