The Faculty, Staff and Administration believe that regular attendance plays a key role in the success a student achieves in school. We recognize it is a responsibility under law to ensure that students attend school on a regular basis. Parents / Guardians of our students are responsible for sending their children to school full-time.  

Students need to check in with the attendance office when arriving 30+ minutes after their first class of the day. If students do not check in at attendance, the student's absence will not be excused even if a parent has called in to excuse the absence. 

Please be advised that we do not accept walk-ins or call in checkouts for the last 30 minutes of the normal school day which would be 3:00pm or on Early Release Wednesdays which would be 1:45pm. If you know that you will need to check your student out after 3pm, please call 951 695-4200 - Choose option 1, then option 2, at least 2 hours in advance to check your student out OR send a signed note with your student. Please DO NOT leave a message on the 24 hour absence recorder to check your student out. Remind your student to come to the Attendance Office before class, during break, at lunch or during passing periods to pick up his or her pass.  Passes are not given out to students during class time.

Parent/Guardians have 14 days from the date of the initial absence to verify a students absence. To change the the mark from truant to the actual reason for the absence the parent or guardian needs to do one of the following:  Call the 24 hour Attendance Line @ 951-695-4205 to report the reason for the absence, come into the Attendance Office to address the reason for the absence or send a signed note or medical documentation with your student to give to the attendance office staff.

Attendance & Check-Out Procedures

 

Please give the office at least a 2 hour notice, or call in the morning on the day of the early release to check your student out.  Please advise your student to go to the Attendance Office to pick-up an off campus pass before school, at break, lunch or between classes.  Your student will be instructed to meet you in the front of the school or in the Welcome Center.

Please call our Attendance Office at 951-695-4200 - Choose option 1, then option 2 to check your student out.

If you come to check out your student without advanced notice, please be aware that your wait time can take 30 minutes or more to locate your student.  The Attendance Office cannot call in to classrooms during instructional time.

If your student calls or texts you during the day because they feel ill, tell them to get a pass from their teacher and report to the health office for immediate check out, otherwise they will have to wait until the end of the period.

PLEASE BE AWARE:  IF YOUR STUDENT LEAVES WITHOUT CHECKING OUT WITH THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE, YOUR STUDENT WILL BE MARKED TRUANT.  Parents cannot excuse a student who walks off campus without a pass.

The Governing Board, as authorized by Ed. Code 44808.5, has established a closed campus at all TVUSD schools.  Once a student arrives on school ground, he/she must remain on school grounds until the end of the school day,  Students may not leave campus for lunch. Students may not have other students from others schools visit at any time.

If a student's absence is excused under Education Code 48205, he/she shall be allowed to complete any missed assignment or test that can be reasonably given, as determined by the teacher of that class.  The student shall be given full credit for the assignment or test if he/she satisfactorily completes the assignment or test within a reasonable period of time. (Education Code 48205)

During testing times the Attendance Office cannot interrupt class to release students. Please plan ahead by giving the Attendance Office at least 2 hours notice that you will need your student released. Please arrange for your student to go to the Attendance Office and pick up their pass to leave between classes, at break or lunch.  

When a student has had more than 14 absences in the school year for illness verified by methods listed (see Board Policy 5113ar) any further absences for illness shall be verified by a physician.

Excused absences from school shall be excused only for health reasons, family emergencies and justifiable personal reasons, (see absence and excuses Board Policy 5113ar), as permitted by law, Board Policy, and administrative regulations. (Education Code 48205)

Students who are late to school, arriving after 8:30am but before 9am, need to report directly to class.  These tardies are handled by the classroom teacher.*

If arriving after 9:00am, students are considered tardy-truant and they must check in at the Attendance Office - they'll receive a re-admit slip.  Students arriving late to first period MUST have medical documentationto clear the tardy.  Parent notes or calls are not accepted to excuse a tardy to 1st period.

One of TVUSD’s goals is for all students to maintain an acceptable attendance rate of 96% or higher.  In order to do this, a student must have no more than seven total absences throughout the entire school year.  That means each student can have no more than one absence for every 25 instructional days of school.  We know that maintaining good attendance is directly tied to student achievement, which is why we believe that when our students attend school they will achieve. 
 

 For further information regarding TVUSD's attendance policies, please click here to be directed to the CA and TVUSD Attendance Policies webpage.