As spring approaches, and families consider vacations, please recall our extended attendance policy from the Parent/Student Handbook:
Extended absences for reasons other than illness may be accepted or excused, but teachers are not required or expected to give up their time to tutor students; neither are teachers required to provide detailed plans and/or learning resources for students who have missed school for vacations or other absences not related to illness or school-sponsored activities. In addition, teachers will not be expected to alter curricular plans, such as moving the presentation of new material, scheduling tests, or due dates for projects in order to accommodate such absences. Extended absences may result in the need for outside tutoring–i.e., tutoring not provided by the teacher. If such is the case, teachers will inform parents of such a need. Teachers may also indicate whether an extended absence will cause a serious problem in the student’s academic development.
Parents are asked to carefully consider the academic consequences/problems that could develop from this absence. The student is responsible for making up all assignments missed while absent.