As we approach the mid-year mark, we have completed many mid-year assessments to check in on students reading, writing and math learning to date. Progress reports will be e-mailed home the afternoon of Thursday 1/23 for all students in grades K-4. We look forward to sharing your child’s progress with you.
This is also the time of year that we look even more closely at attendance, tardy and early release data for students. BPS will be sending out letters in regards to attendance, tardy and early release data late next week. If your student has missed more than 10-days for any reason and we don’t have clear documentation of an extended trip or extended illness, you may receive a communication requesting a meeting to set-up an attendance plan or tardy plan.
The HUUSD attendance procedures have a specific set of actions that may occur after a student misses 10-days, 15-days or 20-days. Anything beyond 20-days may become a formal truancy concern. Again, if we have clear documentation about a situation (doctor’s notes etc.), we may not require anything further.
We communicate and hold these meetings in order to better understand what is getting in the way of a student’s attendance and/or getting to school on time. Being in school and arriving on time helps set our students up for their learning. We care deeply about the well-being and success of each student and the first way we can do this is to ensure our students are in school and on time. Of course, we do understand that illness happens and we appreciate students staying home when they are too unwell to be here and are potentially spreading germs.
As a reminder:
BPS opens at 7:30 am and students are marked late when they arrive after 7:45 am.
If your student is struggling with absences and or is tardy frequently, we can also help brainstorm strategies to try. We know it can be complicated and that many factors come into play with these issues.
If you have any questions about our attendance and tardy procedures, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Reminder - no school for students on Monday 1/20 in honor of Martin Luther King day. Our ski and ride program resumes for 3rd and 4th graders on Monday 1/27. Have a wonderful weekend!
Sarah & Chris
