Attendance Guidelines

Synergy

The Stadium School

1300 Gorsuch Avenue

Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Phone: 410.366.1932 Fax: 410.396.7008

Email: admin@stadiumschool.com

Website: www.stadiumschool.com

Student attendance is vital to success at the Stadium School. Students must be present at school to receive instruction and access materials. The school community measures student growth and progress through personal connections that must be maintained through good attendance.

Last year, the Stadium School’s attendance slipped to 93%, two points below the Maryland State Standard. Keeping this standard is important in order to prepare students for the demands of the workplace.

The Stadium School will make every effort to keep accurate records and encourage excellent attendance for all students.

The following guidelines have been adopted for the 2004-2005 school year to improve student attendance:

· Students are expected to arrive at school and report to advisory by 8:20 a.m. Students who are not in the advisory classroom by 8:20 a.m. will be marked late for the day.

· Students who are marked tardy must present a written excuse or serve detention at recess time on the day of the unexcused lateness.

· Students must bring a written excuse in order to verify any excusable absence (doctor’s note, dentist’s note, etc.)

· Stadium School staff will make a phone call to any student who is late or absent from school.

· Stadium School staff will send a letter home to any student who is late or absent from school three times.

After five (5) occurrences of unverified lateness or absence, the Stadium School administrative staff will confer with the student and parent/guardian regarding the consequences of absences and lateness.

After ten (10) occurrences of unverified lateness or absence, the Stadium School administrative staff and the director will conference with the student and parent/guardian regarding transfer of the student from the Stadium School.