Attendance

School Hours

  • 8:40 am-3:30 pm.

  • Absent or tardy fill out form here: Attendance Google Form 

  • Doors open for students at 8:30 am

  • Students are tardy after 8:40 am

  • Late start time is 10:10

  • Please do not leave students unattended on the playground before or after school hours, as it is unsupervised.

  • DCSD Calendar Link

Absences and Tardies

If your child is going to be absent or tardy, please let us know via the Attendance Google Form or the attendance line 303-387-6402.

If a student will not be in their classroom seat by 8:40 am they are considered tardy, and must be signed in at the front office by a parent/guardian to receive a late pass.

DCSD Attendance Policy

Guidelines for Determining Student Attendance

A student should stay home (or be sent home) if they exhibit any of the following:

-Undiagnosed skin eruptions/rashes

-Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea

-Severe abdominal pain 

-Fever of 100 degrees or higher

-Disruptive, persistent cough

-loss of taste and/or smell

 

Other conditions that are indicators of illness and are considered when determining illness:

-Decreased activity-droopy, tired appearance.

-Irritable behavior

-Sore throat/swollen glands

-Runny nose/cough

-Eye drainage (excessive drainage & significant discomfort)

 

When can a child return to school?

After 24 hours of medication of the following conditions:

-Strep throat

-Infected skin eruptions

-Other conditions requiring antibiotics

-Exception: If being treated for Pertussis, student must be on antibiotics for 5 days before returning to school.

 

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 24 hours.

-Fever (without benefit of fever-reducing medication)

-Vomiting and/or diarrhea in the absence of other symptoms of illness

 

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 48 hours.

-Vomiting and/or diarrhea when accompanied by other symptoms of illness. 

 

Truancy

A student is considered habitually truant if he or she has 4 absences or more in one month or 10 absences or more during the school year. For more information, please visit:

 

Student Work Policy for Absences

We know that life doesn't always happen during our breaks and there are family events and vacations that happen while school is in session. We want you to enjoy those times. Please know that the instruction that happens in the classroom cannot be made up with worksheets and packets. We do our best to bring your child up to speed when they miss school, but missing what happens in the classroom will affect student learning.

With that in mind, please know that we will do all that we can when your child returns to catch them up. If teachers can set aside something done on paper, they will do so to give to your child upon return. However, teachers cannot gather things for your child to take with you to do while you're away. This is not how instruction works and it puts a big burden on teachers to try and make that happen.

Please let us know, both at the front office and with your teacher, when your child will miss school, however, know that teachers will not be providing work to take with you. They will do all they can to catch them up after the fact.


 

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NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Special Education records which have been collected by Douglas County School District related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of special education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for the period of five (5) years after special education services have ended for the student. Special education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, or completes his/her educational program at age 21, or moves from the district. This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Douglas County School District's intent to destroy the special education records of students who exited special education services as of June 30, 2016. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for social security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request a copy of the records by requesting the records by email to [email protected].