Absences
CLEAR/ REPORT AN ABSENCE
CLEAR/ REPORT AN ABSENCE ![]()
CLEAR/ REPORT AN ABSENCE
A. ABSENCES MUST BE CLEARED WITHIN SEVEN (7) SCHOOL DAYS beginning on the day the student returns to school. Students who do not clear their absence(s) within the seven days will be considered truant (T) from school.
B. PARENTS/GUARDIANS MAY CALL STUDENT SERVICES at 916-714-8181, WRITE A NOTE and take it to the Student Services Office, email TJMSattend@egusd.net or click the REPORT AN ABSENCE link above. WHEN CALLING IN, PLEASE IDENTIFY your RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT (mother, father, guardian, step-parents, and grandparents, etc.). NOTES ARE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH, OR AFTER SCHOOL. Include in the note: student’s name, student ID number, date of absence(s), reason for absence(s), and a telephone number where parent/guardian can be reached to verify the note, and parent/guardian signature.
C. EXCESSIVE ABSENCES: The School Attendance Review Board (SARB) monitors attendance and communicates attendance concerns to families and may require guardians to provide verification of illness from a doctor or attend SARB hearings.
CLASSIFICATION OF ABSENCES
CLASSIFICATION OF ABSENCES![]()
CLASSIFICATION OF ABSENCES
A. EXCUSED: Illness, doctor, eye or dental appointments, death in the immediate family, mental health reasons.
B. SCHOOL APPROVED: Field trips.
C. UNEXCUSED: Truancy, flat tires, running out of gas, missing the bus, transportation issues, sibling or parent/guardian illness, oversleeping, suspensions, and vacations.
EXCUSED EXTENDED ABSENCES
Toby Johnson Middle School recognizes that situations may arise which require students to be away from school for an extended period of time. Classwork/homework may be requested and may be provided for excused absences of 10 days or less. Please contact your student’s teachers via ParentVUE in Synergy. However, work is not provided to students absent longer than 10 consecutive days.
LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY
LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY![]()
LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY
PARENTS/GUARDIANS MUST CALL 916-714–8181 OR WRITE A NOTE ASKING THAT THE STUDENT BE RELEASED FROM SCHOOL EARLY. The note should include the student's name, student ID number, the date and time the student needs to be excused from class and the expected date/time of return, reason for early dismissal, and a telephone number where parent/guardian can be reached to verify the note, and parent/guardian signature. If a student is unable to return by the designated time, the parent/guardian should follow-up with a call or note.
Toby Johnson Middle School students must have parents/guardians show valid identification and sign students out before a permit to leave will be issued. Students will not be called from class until parents/guardians arrive. Students may not be signed out after 2:35 PM because of teacher’s closure procedures.
B. STUDENTS WILL BE ISSUED a “Permit to Leave.” The permit will be sent to the student in their classroom when the parent comes into the Student Services office to sign their student out.
C. RETURNING TO CLASS: Students must report to the Student Services office upon returning to school. Their readmit will be date/time stamped and the student will return to class.
COVID RELATED ABSENCES
COVID RELATED ABSENCES ![]()
COVID RELATED ABSENCES
If “COVID” is the “reason” you give, students must stay out for 5 days from first day of symptoms or from the day tested if no symptoms. please expect a follow up call to provide the student’s last day on campus, and a call from a contact tracer to gather more details.
