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EXCUSED ABSENCES: Excused absences will be given under the following conditions and in accordance with the state compulsory 
attendance law and will not be included in the nine limit: 
a. Personal illness. A doctor’s verification of illness is required for an absence of five or more consecutive days or when the total 
number of illness absences without written doctor verification reaches nine days.  
b. An emergency exists for the student or family, such as death or serious illness in the immediate family, or quarantine. 
c. Medical and dental appointments, with doctor’s verification of such appointments. All efforts should be made to schedule appointments 
outside of school hours. 
d. Court appointments (a written note from court of appearance is required for absence to be excused). 
e. Other absences, such as family vacations, personal business, serving as a legislative page, election worker, or other exceptions are 
permissible by law, which the principal may deem as valid, when prior arrangements are approved in writing by the principal. 
All of the above reasons require the student to obtain an admit slip from the office and present it to his/her teacher in order for the 
days to be excluded from the limit. 
UNEXCUSED ABSENCES: 
An absence shall be considered unexcused if no call or message is received prior to 8:30 a.m. the day of the absence.
Parents will receive notification through Harmony or via phone when the student reaches four (4) unexcused absences. At six (6) 
unexcused absences, families will be referred to the Family Opportunity Center. At ten (10) unexcused absences, families will be 
referred to child protective services. Further unexcused absences could be cause for families to be referred to the Cass County 
Prosecutor. 
*Home visits may be made to follow up on unexcused absences.
MAKE-UP WORK: 
Excused absences will allow the students to make up work with full credit, whereas unexcused absences will allow for full or partial 
credit. For every assignment given on the day of an absence, the student has two days upon his/her return to complete the work. Each 
child will be given a reasonable amount of time to make up any missed assignments as long as the student is attempting to get that 
work finished and turned in following an extended illness. The responsibility for make-up work rests with the student. If the student is 
absent at least two days, the parent should contact the school to request books and assignments to be sent home. Such requests 
should be made before 9:30 a.m. with the assignments to be picked up or sent home at the end of the day.