Examples
of excused absences include:
Ideally the schools should have floating holidays and allow every child X number
of excused absences.
Not exact matches
It's this group that blurs the line between actual illness and the kind
of «not feeling well» that can be an
excuse for poor performance or
absences.
But this
absence of choice does not
excuse us from taking responsibility for all that these areas encompass.
And if we then together confront the hard reality
of God's silence and
absence, do we then cease to pray, and instead offer explanations and
excuses for God?
And with the
absence of heavy cream there's really no
excuse not to make it.
Glad you liked them N — I'm sure the
absence of the ginger didn't make that much
of a difference, but still, it's an
excuse to make them again:)
I've reluctantly put most
of his mistakes down to the
absence of Koscielny, but now there's no
excuse.
Villa's
absence is a pretty poor
excuse for del Bosque's brand
of football, at any rate.
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson will not use the
absence of Wilfried Zaha as an
excuse as his side battle against relegation.
«Arsene Wenger may have used the
excuse of «a small groin problem» for Adebayor's
absence over the weekend»... Over the weekend?
Arsene Wenger may have used the
excuse of «a small groin problem» for Adebayor's
absence over the weekend but you really have to suspect there's more going on behind the scenes.
Excused absences may consist of illnesses, doctor appointments, injuries, personal matters, or essentially the same reasons that a child would be excused from
Excused absences may consist
of illnesses, doctor appointments, injuries, personal matters, or essentially the same reasons that a child would be
excused from
excused from school.
The truth: from 1987 thru 2002, Faso voted over 25,000 times in the Assembly and with
excused absences for legislative business or family illnesses, was accounted for on 98.6 percent
of Assembly votes.
Excused absences should be coordinated with the Secretary in advance
of the meeting.
Sorry for the
absence of blog posts, but if you read this post, then you'll know I had a pretty good
excuse This post will be pretty short, but I just wanted to update you because I always hate when a blogger disappears after a big event!
With their hands stayed by the desire to maintain a cordial working environment, a fear
of negative publicity, and concern about costly and time - consuming grievance proceedings, administrators frequently treat the
absence of clear managerial prerogatives in contracts as an
excuse for inaction.
At the elementary level, action usually is taken before the third
absence; staff at many
of the schools call parents every day a child is absent without an
excuse.
Prior to the new policy, the district never specified the number
of absences a student was allowed, nor did it define an
excused absence.
Perhaps coincidentally, the district required a doctor's
excuse for an
absence of three days or more.
Marcy Cooper, a principal at Southern Middle School, near Fort Bragg in North Carolina, says she makes a point
of asking school staff and parents about military spouses who may be deployed, and she grants
excused absences to students whose parents are coming home on temporary leave.
Many schools have difficulty assessing the extent
of their truancy problems because they do not track
excused and unexcused
absences and / or tardies in a consistent manner.
All definitions
of chronic absenteeism consider both unexcused and
excused absences, due to the commonsense assumption that missed learning impacts students regardless
of the reason for the
absence.
Beyond that, chronic absenteeism — a measure
of both
excused and unexcused
absences — can be a window into what's wrong and what's right with a school.
Whether
absences are
excused or unexcused, a growing number
of studies show that they hurt student achievement more than parents might guess.
«Chronically absent» is defined as missing 10 percent or more
of the school year, or about 18 days
of instruction, including
excused and unexcused
absences and suspensions.
In order for an
absence to be
excused, a parent must notify the school within 24 hours
of an
absence, and the
absence must meet one
of the following criteria:
This is especially true for chronic
absence, defined as an individual student missing 10 % or more
of the school year for any reason (i.e. both
excused and unexcused
absences).
Through a partnership with Alameda County Health Care Service Agency, Hayward began to analyze chronic absenteeism, a different method
of measuring attendance that takes into account both
excused and unexcused
absences.
Definition
of chronic
absence: Missing 10 %
of school
of the school year for any reason including
excused and unexcused
absences.
Definition
of truancy: 3
absences without a valid
excuse or 3 times late to class by 30 minutes.
The academic impact
of missing that much school is the same whether the
absences are
excused or unexcused.
Look at which students — chronically absent or not — receive notices
of truancy or excessive
excused absence letters.
Chronic absenteeism — Defined generally as a student missing 10 percent or more
of school over the course
of the school year for any reason, including
excused and unexcused
absences.
That means they missed 10 percent
of the school year, or about 18 days
of instruction, including
excused and unexcused
absences.
The study defines poor attendance as missing three or more days in that period, regardless
of whether the
absences were
excused or unexcused.
Once too many
absences have occurred, it affects learning, regardless
of whether
absences are
excused or unexcused.
Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10 percent (or up to 18 days)
of a single school year and incorporates all
absences:
excused, unexcused, and suspensions.
Elementary schools often track average daily attendance or unexcused
absences (truancy) 1, but few monitor the combination
of excused and unexcused
absence for individual students.
Therefore, instead
of the traditional Notice
of Truancy to parents, Val Verde has asked A2A to send a letter to parents at 3, 5 and 8
absences in the first semester, and 10 and 15
absences in the second semester, whether they are
excused or unexcused.
School districts send data to the California Department
of Education on
excused and unexcused
absences as well as out -
of - school suspensions as required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
Even when students»
absences are
excused, the lack
of support for them to catch up can feel like punishment.
In this chart, the reasons for chronic
absence are not sorted into the typical
excused or unexcused categories, but rather into categories that reflect the drivers
of absences.
As described on pp. 70 — 72
of the SOPM, a required CSE (IEP team) member may be
excused from all or part
of an IEP meeting, other than an initial IEP meeting, only if the parent consents to the member's
absence in writing.
Average daily attendance won't tell you which students or subgroups miss class regularly and are in need
of intervention, and truancy numbers often hinge on the nebulous difference between what schools consider to be «
excused» or «unexcused»
absences, they argue.
In fact, many
of these
absences, especially among our youngest students, are
excused and tied directly to health factors: asthma and dental problems, learning disabilities, and mental health issues related to trauma and community violence.
A student is considered chronically absent if they miss only two days
of school per month (18 days in a year), whether the
absences are
excused or unexcused.
So rather than waiting for student
absences to reach the level
of chronic absenteeism or waiting until a student has amassed a particular number
of unexcused or
excused absences, it's best to touch base with the student and family sooner rather than later.
At 11 percent
of U.S. public schools — about 10,000 schools — more than 30 percent
of students missed at least 15 days for any reason, including suspensions and
excused absences, the study says.
-- Chronic
absence: Absent for any reason (
excused or unexcused) for at least 10 percent
of the school year.