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Attendance, Tardies & Early Dismissal

ATTENDANACE POLICY:

HCS Attendance Updates 25-26 School Year

HCS Attendance/Truancy Updates 25-26 School Year

All attendance or medical notes should be sent to OBMAttendance@horrycountyschools.net

Teachers must take attendance in PowerSchool at the beginning of each block. It is the law.  If you are suspicious or concerned that a child should be in class but is not, please contact the front office for assistance. 

 To receive the best possible education, it is imperative that students attend school. While we know there are days when a student cannot attend school, it is the expectation of HCS that when a student is absent from school, he must make up all missed classwork and assignments. AIP is an Attendance Intervention Plan.

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TARDIES:

Students are tardy to school after 8:20 am.  A parent note does not excuse tardiness. Any student arriving after 8:20 a.m. must be walked into the building by the Parent/Guardian.  If a student arrives more than 30 minutes after a class has begun, they do not receive attendance credit for that class.   

Consequences for arriving tardy to school are as follows:  

1st offense: Verbal Warning and parent notification

2nd offense: Verbal Warning/Parent Contact to make them aware of after school detention (and consequences for subsequent tardies)

3rd through 5th offense:   After School Detention/Parent Contact.  A one hour after school detention assigned and supervised by school staff; assigned one week to be served the next week. 

Note:  If students do not attend after-school detention consequences of ISS will result (step 7)

6th offense:  Suspended pending parent conference; possible revocation of waiver, if applicable. 

7th offense and beyond:

7th - 1 day of ISS

8th - 2 days of ISS

9th - 1 day of OSS

10th - 2 days of OSS

11th - Evidentiary Hearing

With the exception of arriving at school late, the tardy to class policy will begin over the 2nd semester.  

 

EARLY DISMISSAL PROCEDURES:

If your student needs to be picked up early, a note must be brought to the front office first thing in the morning by the student.  In the note, please include the student's name, grade, name of person picking up and the dismissal time.  The student will be given a pass to leave the classroom at the appointed time.  This MUST be done so that we do not put telephone calls through to the classroom and cause unnecessary disruptions during instructional time. ONLY parents/guardians and people listed in your student’s PowerSchool may sign out the student. NO student can be signed out of school after 3:00 PM without a dismissal note.