Attendance

At Starms Discovery Learning Center, attendance is important to success! EVERY DAY COUNTS!

Please make sure that your child is at school, on time, every day. Our school day starts at 9:10 a.m. and ends at 4:10 p.m.

If your child will be absent or late, please contact the office at 312@milwaukee.k12.wi.us or (414) 934-4900. Give your name, your child’s name, grade, teacher, and reason for absence.

Thank you for supporting your child’s attendance at school!

 

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Attendance goal for EVERY student

Student absences are recorded as follows:

  • Excused: An absence followed by a written or verbal acceptable excuse.
  • Unexcused: An absence followed by a written or verbal unacceptable excuse.
  • Truancy: An absence without a written or verbal excuse.

Normally, excuses must be presented within 48 hours of the absence, or the absence may be considered a truancy.

Acceptable Excuses

  • Personal illness
  • Funeral
  • Bus did not arrive
  • Required legal appearance
  • Religious holiday
  • Medical/dental appointment
  • Family emergency
  • Suspension
  • Prior approved absence deemed educationally beneficial by administrator.

Unacceptable Excuses

  • Vacation
  • Personal business
  • Missing the bus
  • Working
  • Babysitting
  • Shopping

Truancy letters will be sent by the attendance office to parents/guardians of students who are absent for three days without an acceptable excuse. Habitual truancy will result in a referral to the school social worker and/or a referral by Student Services to the District Attorney’s office. It is extremely important that recordkeeping is accurate to ensure appropriate implementation of these guidelines.

95% attendance is equal to…

School days MISSED per year

School day MISSED per month

Weeks of school MISSED per year

Year of school MISSED over the course of 10 years