Center Weekly News
Time and snowflakes are flying by!
Good morning everyone
It's Friday, and we're heading into the last full week with our kiddos before the long awaited winter break. We have a lot of fun events happening in the near future so make sure to stay tuned for all the holiday fun.
Below you will see some brief information on the following items.
STAR testing
HB 410 review
* AM supervision will be in the classrooms on Friday the 14th due to the craft fair set up.
Have a great Friday,
Mayfield City School Handbook Language for Absences
Part II – Code of Conduct
Rule 1. Truancy A student shall not be truant from school. Truancy is defined as being absent from school for the day or any portion thereof without school authorization and parental consent.
Students are expected to attend school regularly. Attendance in school is often reflected in a student’s grades and achievement. Many studies show that chronically absent students are less likely to be readers in the early grades and less likely to graduate.
House Bill 410 aims to encourage and support a preventative approach to excessive absence and truancy. The district will work to partner with parents to identify and redirect barriers to regular school attendance. The law defines excessive absence as a student who is: -
Absent 38 or more hours in a month with or without an excuse, or -
Absent 65 or more hours in a year with or without an excuse.
Within 7 days of your child reaching the number of hours identified, you will receive a letter. The district will need to work with you to develop a truancy intervention plan to prevent truancy in the future.
Further, the law defines habitual truancy as:
- Absent 30 or more consecutive hours without a legitimate excuse
- Absent 42 or more hours in one month without a legitimate excuse
- Absent 72 or more hours in one year without a legitimate excuse.
When a student is habitually truant, the district is now required to assemble an absence intervention team and meet with you to develop an absence intervention plan. Parents are an important member of the team. The purpose of the team is to identify specific barriers and solutions to attendance. The team will be composed of staff members who are familiar with your child and the programs at school as well as you, the parent. Once the plan is in place, the goal will be to see an improvement in school attendance. If the student refuses to participate in or has failed to make satisfactory progress on the plan within 61 days, the district is required to file a complaint in juvenile court.
Star
Thank you to everyone for working to complete their STAR assessment for the Winter.
I have a helpful hint for when you need to pause a test.
1. Select STOP test at the top right of the screen
2. Select resume test later and add the password: admin
3. Hit save. The students will be able to resume their test right where they left off.
December 20th is the final day to administer the STAR for the winter.