Regular Attendance is the key factor to your success!

Welcome!  The Attendance Staff is here to assist students and parents with any questions and concerns that will ensure the success of your student’s attendance here at Beyer High School. 

A phone call or note from the parent/guardian is required to excuse absences that are verified in accordance with the Education Code and Board Policy (C.A.C. Title 5, Sec. 420). The Attendance office can be reached at (209) 576-4316. Excused absences allow the student to make up work that occurred during the absence (2 school days for each day missed).  Responsibility for requesting missed work lies with the student.

Should the attendance office receive the phone call prior to 1:30 p.m. on the same day that the student is absent, he/she will not be required to come to the attendance office for a re-admit to class. The teachers will receive a computer printout each morning indicating the absences from the prior day.

If a phone call is not received on the day of the absence, the student will be required to come to the attendance office upon their return for a re-admit slip.  If a student brings a note to clear the absence, these notes must be in pen, include the full name of the student, state the date(s) and reason for absence, and have a parent/guardian signature.

LEAVING CAMPUS EARLY
If a student needs to leave campus for a medical or court appointment, we ask that the parent/guardian send a note or come into the Attendance Office the morning of the appointment and sign their student out.  Students will need to come to the attendance office before the time they need to leave and pick up an off-campus pass.  Messages will not be delivered to students during class hours.

We would also like to remind students and parents that students who leave campus for any reason before the end of their school day (including 8^th period classes and after school sports) without checking out with the attendance office are considered truant.

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EXCUSED ABSENCES
Absences listed below are excused when verified in accordance with the Education Code and Board Policy:

• Illness

• Quarantine directed by county or city health officer

• Medical, dental, and optometric appointments

• Attending funeral services of a member of the student’s immediate family, so long as such absence is not more than one day if the service is conducted in California, and not more than three days if the service is conducted outside California

JUSTIFIABLE REASONS
Absences excused for justifiable personal reasons include the following and the student must obtain prior approval from the attendance office or school administrator:

• An appearance in court

• An employment conference

• A pupil/family hardship situation, as authorized by the principal

• An observance of a holiday or ceremony of the pupil’s religion

• Attendance at a religious retreat not to exceed four (4) hours per semester

• Attending a funeral service of a person who is not an immediate family member

• College visits

Prior to an absence described in this regulation, a signed parental request must be received and approved by the principal or administrative designee.  Only in cases of extreme emergency will the principal approve an absence after the absence occurs. The principal or administrative designee may request the student complete Saturday school to clear the absence.

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NEW ATTENDANCE POLICY
Beyer High School and Modesto City Schools, have adopted a strict attendance policy regarding unexcused absences. An unexcused absence is issued after the student misses 30 minutes of class time without authorization, and may result in a step of truancy. Excused absences are those due to illness, medical, dental or optometric appointments, and funeral services for a member of the student’s immediate family as approved by the student’s parent or legal guardian, or for personal reasons with prior administrative approval as noted in the conduct code. Absences due to transportation or traffic issues, power outages, and oversleeping are not excused. Should your student have excessive unexcused absences to their first class of the day, a truancy step may be issued for the accumulation of 6 unexcused absences.

Students who are absent from school without approval of the school shall be considered truant/unexcused and shall NOT be allowed to make-up assignments or tests which were assigned during the truancy/unexcused absence. Students who leave the campus or the classroom without proper school authorization will be considered truant.

Note: If the student has an absence verified at the attendance office at a later time, he/she is not allowed make-up privileges unless he/she presents the teacher a verified re-admit slip within ONE day after the student returns to school.

Further, absences will be considered unexcused and may affect extra-curricular eligibility if not cleared within SEVEN school days after the student returns to school

The preceding are only a few attendance situations.  For more detailed information, please refer to the Student Conduct Code.

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If a student misses 10 days of school, a District letter is automatically generated and sent home.

If a student misses 15 days during the school year without doctor authorization, he/she will be placed on attendance supervision.  Once a student has been placed on attendance supervision every absence thereafter must be cleared with a doctor’s authorization. Truancy steps will accumulate after a student has 5 absences without a doctor’s authorization after being placed on attendance supervision.

If a student has a chronic illness, please submit a medical authorization to both the attendance office and the nurse’s office.

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STUDENT WITHDRAWAL
Student Withdrawal forms can be obtained from Vanessa Rogers in the attendance office.  A parent/guardian signature is required for voluntary withdrawals. We require 24 hours notice of withdrawal.  The student is required to route his/her withdrawal form to each teacher for a grade to date of leaving.  All textbooks and library books must be returned before transcripts will be issued.

SHORT-TERM INDEPENDENT STUDY
Short Term Independent Study is available to those students unable to attend school from 5 to 20 days due to extenuating family circumstances. It is imperative that you provide at least 4 days prior written notice to allow for processing.  Independent Study contracts are obtained and returned to the Supervision office located in V101. 

SHORT-TERM HOME AND HOSPITAL
Short Term Home and Hospital is designed for the student who will be out of class from 5 to 20 days due to illness and are motivated to keep up with their classes while they are absent.  A doctor’s note must accompany the referral stating how long the student will need to be on Home and Hospital instruction.  Work is assigned and corrected by the classroom teacher, however, a designated Home and Hospital teacher is assigned as a liaison to assist the student in completing assignments.  Students will receive up to five hours of instruction time per week.

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There is a strict tardy and truancy policy at Beyer High School.  Excessive tardiness will result in Detentions, Saturday School, In-School Suspension and Home Suspension.  Excessive truancies will result in similar consequences.  Sixth step truancies will result in an involuntary transfer to Elliott. 

TARDY POLICY (NEW)

TRUANCY POLICY

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ABSENTEE PHONE DIALER SYSTEM
Beyer has just implemented the new "absentee phone dialer system." If your student has been marked absent 2 or more periods in the day, you will receive an automated phone call between the hours of 6-9 p.m. Please call back the following day between 8:30 to 3:30 to clear these absences. Please be sure to contact the attendance office to update your telephone number if it is not current. 576-4940.

RE-ADMITS
The Attendance Office would like all students to give the following information at the Attendance windows when picking up re-admits. This will be very beneficial in speeding up the process of admitting students to class:

• Name

• Grade

• ID Number

EARLY CHECKOUT
We would also like to remind students and parents that students who leave campus for any reason before the end of their school day (including 8th period classes) without checking out through the Attendance Office are considered TRUANT.

Students, the day you need to check out of school for a medical or court appointment, please have your parent/guardian send a note or phone attendance that morning. Come to the Attendance Office first thing in the morning and pick-up your check out card. The teachers appreciate when we do not have to interrupt their classes. CLASSES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED NOR WILL MESSAGES BE DELIVERED TO STUDENTS DURING CLASS HOURS.

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