1. Parent/Guardian must notify the Attendance Office in writing by:
• Students bringing a note signed by a parent/guardian to the Attendance Office within 3 days of the absence
• completing this form within 3 days of returning to school
2. The note must include the student’s first and last name, date(s) of absence, and reason for being absent.
3. Parent notes that exceed 3 consecutive days will require further documentation.
   
   

***PARENTS/GUARDIANS***
A doctor’s note will be required after excessive absences. Any student who has 15 unexcused absences within a rolling 90-day period is habitually truant and will be reported by the Superintendent to the Department of Highway and Safety and Motor Vehicles resulting in suspension of a driver’s license or permit.

1. Call the Attendance Office (941) 423-8558 Option 1 to confirm the early dismissal request. (A call and note are both required.)
2. A note must be given to the Attendance Office BEFORE 9:30 AM the day of dismissal using one of the following ways:
   • Student may bring a note signed by a parent/guardian to the Attendance Office
   • Parent/guardian can complete this form
   • Parent/guardian can email note to kelly.finck@sarasotacountyschools.net
3. The note must include the student's first and last name, date and time of early dismissal, and reason for early dismissal.
4. Early dismissal absences will remain unexcused until the student returns to school with documentation verifying the appointment.
5. The student will receive a pass to report to Attendance Office at time of dismissal.
6. At the noted dismissal time, the student will show their pass to the teacher, then will report back to the Attendance Office to sign out and receive a time-stamped release pass.
7. If you return to campus that day, you will report back to the Attendance Office, sign in, and receive a pass back to class.
   
   

***PARENTS/GUARDIANS***
There will be no students dismissed after 1:45 unless previously arranged. We encourage you to send your child in with a note for every early dismissal to keep our classroom interruption to a minimum. When picking up your child for early dismissal there is no need to come into school if you’ve sent them with a note and called to confirm.

1. Students who are tardy to school during first period within the first 10 minutes will receive a HERO Pass.
2. HERO passes are available in the courtyard, at the Attendance Office, and in the breezeway at the beginning of school.
3. After 7:40 AM, all students must report to the front window of the Attendance Office which is accessed through the front office. You will sign in and receive a pass to enter class. If you have a note for being tardy you will turn it into the Attendance Office at that time.
4. Acceptable reasons to excuse a tardy fall under the same rules as excused absences.