Attendance Details
REDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES & INFORMATION
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ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
Please report absences in ONE of the following ways:
- Email – rhsattendance@tamdistrict.org
- ParentVue input by parent for full day absences
- Written Note by Parent or Doctor (give to Attendance Clerk first thing in the morning)
- Due to the volume of calls, we are NOT able to take all incoming calls. Email is the best method of communication.
ATTENDANCE OFFICE CONTACT
Email: rhsattendance@tamdistrict.org
Phone: I am not able to take all incoming calls. Please email.
Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Absences must be reported within 72 hours or students will be considered unexcused.
TO REPORT A FULL DAY ABSENCE
Full day absences can be reported in ParentVUE under the attendance tab. You can also email attendance at rhsattendance@tamdistrict.org
When emailing please include the following information:
- Student’s FULL NAME - first and last name.
- Person emailing and relationship with students
- Date of absence (specify all day or time student will arrive at school)
- Reason for absence
REQUEST TO LEAVE CAMPUS EARLY
Students who need to leave during the school day must have an Off-Campus Pass, otherwise the absence is considered unexcused. Make arrangements to leave at the start of the school day.
To request an Off-Campus Pass:
- Email the attendance office at rhsattendance@tamdistrict.org
- Send your student to the attendance office with a parent's note detailing the reason and departure time. Students may come to the office BEFORE SCHOOL or DURING BREAK (not during class time)
Last Minute early departures:
- Please allow 3 hours’ notice when emailing or calling for a same day off campus pass.
- If you come to the attendance office needing your student right away, please understand that it may take some time, especially if your student is in PE.
- Also, note, we do not have pass runners during SMART period, and students often move around during SMART, which makes it difficult to locate them in a rush!
- We understand urgent last minute departures occur. Please allow enough time for us to find your student for a last minute departure. As always, we appreciate your patience as we help you.
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION:
CALIFORNIA ED CODE EXCUSED ABSENCES
- Personal illness;
- Quarantine under city or county direction;
- Medical, dental, optometry, or chiropractic services, although students are strongly encouraged to make these appointments outside of school hours;
- Attending funeral services of an immediate family member. Excused absences are limited to one (1) day if funeral is in California and three days (3) if the service is conducted outside California;
- Exclusion for not having been properly immunized. Such absence excused for not more than five (5) school days;
- Jury duty;
- Participation in religious instruction or exercises in accordance with District policy;
- Serving as a member of a precinct board for an election (Election Code Section 12302).
- Upon advance written request by the parent/guardian and the approval of the principal or designee, justifiable personal reasons;
- To spend time with an immediate family member who is an active duty member of the uniformed services, and has been called to duty for deployment to a combat zone or a combat support position or is on leave from or has immediately returned from such deployment;
- To attend their naturalization ceremony to become a United States citizen.
Any full or partial day absence not listed above is considered unexcused unless approved by an administrator with a fully completed WARRANTED ABSENCE FORM
ATTENDANCE AND GRADES
Frequent absences and tardies cause students to miss instruction and, as a result, they are likely to fall behind and do poorly in missed classes. All issues or questions regarding attendance related to grades should be discussed with each teacher directly and/or the student’s counselor.
DISPUTED ABSENCES/TARDIES
Teachers mark students TARDY and ABSENT, not the Attendance Office. If a student feels they were marked absent by mistake, they should contact their teacher directly who can correct the error within 24 hours. DO NOT contact the attendance office about incorrect attendance before contacting the teacher directly! We DO NOT clear tardies - if a student arrives back to campus from an appointment, they need a pass to clear the ABSENCE that the teacher has marked.
With an increased focus on student attendance, TUHSD schools will send automated calls home when students are absent or tardy to class.
EXCUSED ABSENCES are:
- Personal illness; including absences for the benefit of a student’s mental or behavioral health.
- Quarantine under city or county direction;
- Medical, dental, optometry, or chiropractic services, although students are strongly encouraged to make these appointments outside of school hours;
- Attending funeral services of an immediate family member. Excused absences are limited to one (1) day if the funeral is in California and three days (3) if the service is conducted outside California;
- Exclusion for not having been properly immunized. Such an absence should be excused for not more than five (5) school days;
- Jury duty
- Participation in religious instruction or exercises in accordance with district policy; and
- Serving as a member of a precinct board for an election (Election Code Section 12302).
- Upon advance written request by the parent/guardian and the approval of the principal or designee, for justifiable personal reasons;
- To spend time with an immediate family member who is an active duty member of the uniformed services, and has been called to duty for deployment to a combat zone or a combat support position or is on leave from or has immediately returned from such deployment;
- To attend their naturalization ceremony to become a United States citizen.
TARDIES
Unless your child is arriving late because of an appointment, we do not “clear” tardies. If a teacher has indicated your child was tardy to class, and you feel this is an error, please contact the teacher directly to discuss this. This is not handled in our attendance office. A student is marked Tardy (T) when they arrive after the class has begun. Students who arrive more than 30 minutes late will be marked Very Tardy (VT). Students who are tardy 2 or more times in a single week will be assigned detention. Students who do not attend detention will be given a loss of privileges.
WHEN A MEDICAL NOTE IS NEEDED
As per AR 5113, the school is required to document verification of the reason for an absence. In addition to a note or call, a school employee may visit the student's home or use any other reasonable method to establish the fact that the student was actually absent for the reason stated. If a student shows a pattern of chronic absenteeism due to illness, district staff may require physician verification of any further student absences (AR 5113). Chronic absenteeism is when a student has missed 10% or more of school days due to excused absence.
For more information regarding attendance, you may consult the TUHSD Parent Handbook
ONLINE INFORMATION
Redwood website: https://CA01000875.schoolwires.net/redwood
ParentVUE: https://ca-tamal-psv.edupoint.com/PXP2_Login_Parent.aspx?regenerateSessionId=True