Attendance

Attendance
In order to maximize instructional time and encourage student responsibility, Reedsburg Area High School has implemented a new system for classroom attendance. Students will be required to scan into class using the barcode on their student ID card.  Every classroom space will have a scanner available to record attendance.

Tardy Procedure
To promote a responsible, respectful, and effective learning environment, students will be marked tardy if they are not inside the assigned classroom and ready to learn.

• When the bell rings for all periods, teachers will close their doors and students will only be permitted to class with a pass. Students arriving late to any class, including first period, must report to the High School Office. In the High School Office, students will be required to scan their student ID into a tardy kiosk and a pass will be printed.
• Tardiness will automatically be tracked in Skyward
• Consequences will be managed based on the number of tardy offenses a student accumulates for all periods during the course of a semester.
  • 5 tardies = 30 minute after school detention
  • 10 tardies = 60 minute after school detention 
  • 15 tardies = 60 minute after school detention and meeting with administrator

Tardy to School 
Students that are chronically tardy to school will be considered truant from school. A student is considered a habitual truant if he or she is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five (5) or more days on which school is held during a school semester. Open Enrollment status may be revoked at the end of a semester or year for open enrolled students who reach habitual truancy status.

Absences

• Parents and students should check attendance regularly by simply logging on to their Skyward Family Access account.
• To excuse any absence, the attendance desk must receive one of the following stating the reason for the absence 
  • a phone call to the attendance: 608-768-8928 ext. 1101
  • a written, signed, note from parent
     

Early Dismissal
Students requiring early dismissal for doctor’s appointment, family reasons, etc. must have a parent/guardian call the attendance desk (608-768-8928) or send student with a written note in order for student to be issued a pass to leave school.
It is the student’s responsibility to obtain a pass from the high school office before school or at lunch for early dismissal. Parent should contact the office before 9:00 a.m. on the day of the early dismissal. Excuses for early dismissal should state the student’s full name, reason for early dismissal, and the time the student will leave school.

• Parents do NOT need to come into school to pick up students.
• If the student returns to school that same day, he/she must check in upon return.

It is important for all RAHS students to establish a positive attendance record. Absence from school, whether excused or unexcused, often has an adverse effect upon a student’s academic progress. Learning takes place in many ways and places, and the best policy is to be in the right place at the right time. The learning atmosphere in a classroom is such that optimum conditions for education should result for the student. The exact situations, demonstrations, and activities can never be repeated for those pupils who miss a class or day of school. Substitute assignments for time missed will help, but keep in mind they are just that, substitute assignments. Each student at RAHS should be in every class or study hall for which he/she is scheduled each day school is in session.

More Information

If you have questions , please contact Melissa Ryan, Attendance Office Secretary, at (608) 768-8928 Ext. 1101.