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Attendance policy tightened: verified absences and new panel review, letters set at 6/10/15/18 (year) and 3/6/9 (semester)
Summary
The committee adopted clarified definitions for excused/verified/unexcused absences, a letter-notice schedule and an attendance-panel review process tied to credit loss thresholds for both semester and year-long courses.
The updated handbook defines an "absence verified" category to separate parent-notified absences from officially excused absences and establishes formal interventions tied to accruing absences.
Dr. Meyer explained the change: "The absence verified is administratively logged as an unexcused absence... it will make a differentiation between what really is excused and then just having a parent call in without official documentation," she said. The policy sets tiered warning letters and a final-warning threshold that could lead to loss of credit (18+ for full-year; 9+ for semester courses), and the committee accepted a proposal to form an attendance panel to review documentation and consider extenuating circumstances.
Committee members raised questions about how the letters would be interpreted and the appeals process; administrators said the letters will include instructions to initiate a review and an application form to request panel consideration. The committee approved the handbook containing these attendance provisions as part of the larger adoption vote.
