SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (kOOTENAY lAKE)  

board policy

POLICY:

It is the policy of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) that students are expected to attend school regularly.

Regulations:

The Board’s primary goal is to provide an appropriate educational program for all students. In order that this goal can be realized, it is necessary that all students attend school regularly. While illness and similarly emergent circumstances necessitate some absence, students are, for the most part, expected to attend school during scheduled school hours.

The Board recognizes that the major responsibility for school attendance rests with parents and students, but it realizes that teachers, school administrators and the Board itself may also be involved.

Because students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes are enhanced through regular school attendance, schools are expected to develop clean, straightforward attendance procedures, to communicate them effectively and to enforce them consistently and fairly.

Finally, the Board recognizes that, in some instances, the right of a student to remain in school is forfeited when he/she fails to attend regularly and/or promptly.

1. Each school shall have clear statements of attendance procedures and shall publicize them to parents. The procedures must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools.

2. The school must receive an explanation from the parent or guardian for the student’s absence. This requirement may, in consultation with the Superintendent of Schools, be waived by the Principal for students in grades eleven and twelve and in special circumstances where, in the Principal’s judgment, it is not necessary nor beneficial to a student.

3. Schools are required to contact the parent or guardian of any student whose attendance is irregular.