Juab High School Introduces New Attendance Policy: Guidelines and Impact

Juab High School is shaking things up this year by implementing a new attendance policy this school year, emphasizing the importance of punctuality and consistent attendance for academic success. This policy provides students with specific guidelines to manage tardiness and absences effectively. 

Daily Attendance Policy

To ensure accurate attendance tracking, students are now required to scan their student ID cards in each class. These cards were distributed during fall registration or on the first day of school. A $5.00 replacement fee will be charged for lost or damaged cards. 

Absence Management

Excessive absences are defined as three back-to-back periods or five total periods. Such absences may trigger intervention from the administration, including parent contact, meetings, attendance contracts, or more severe measures like in-school suspension or removal from extracurricular activities. Students cannot be excused from one class to prepare for another. All absences must be pre-excused by a parent directly through the office. 

Handling Tardiness

Unexcused absences occur when a student misses class without prior parental notification or leaves campus without proper check-out. This can involve issues such as forgery, phony phone calls, or misuse of ID cards. Tardiness is categorized by arrival time: students arriving more than 10 minutes late will be marked absent. After 10 minutes, students must obtain an office check-in slip to enter class. 

Activity Participation and Attendance

For students involved in extracurricular activities, attendance is monitored more closely. Students must attend all classes on the day of a competition or performance to participate. Any absence on these days must be pre-excused by a parent with a school administrator. Accumulating too many attendance points from unexcused absences or tardies can result in restrictions on participating in sports, clubs, and other activities.

Point system and remedy

The attendance point system assigns 1.0 points for unexcused absences and 0.5 points for tardiness and late arrivals. Accumulating 10 points results in an attendance warning, giving students five school days to reduce their points. Failure to do so leads to activity restrictions, which prevent participation in various school-sponsored activities. Students can reduce their points by excusing absences through parental calls or engaging in school service hours. 

Conclusion

Juab High School’s new attendance policy highlights the importance of being present and on time. By promoting a culture of accountability and providing structured interventions, the policy supports students in achieving their academic goals while maintaining their eligibility for extracurricular activities.