To report your child as absent, tardy or early dismissal from school, please use ParentVUE. If you do not have internet access, you may call 571-434-3222.

From your cell-phone:

1. Click on Report Attendance (blue button by your child's name)

2. Start Date

3. End Date (optional)

4. Select a Reason

5. Under notes, please list the reason (e.g., doctor's appointment, sick, family vacation)

If you have any questions about attendance, please contact Email Missy Hooper.

Per LCPS School Board Policy 8140, these are examples of excused absences:

• Personal illness or injury

• Death in the family

• Medical or dental appointments or procedures

• School suspensions

• Court appearances or other legal obligations

• Military obligations

• Observance of a religious holiday

Per LCPS School Board Policy 8140, these are examples of unexcused absences:

• Skipping school (truancy)

• Missing a ride

• Vacations or family trips *Per School Board Policy 8140, “Standard family trips and vacations should be scheduled during school holidays and over the summer break and are otherwise deemed to be unexcused absences.”

Per School Board Regulation 8140, if a student accrues five (5) or more unexcused absences or otherwise demonstrates a pattern of absenteeism during the school year, a parent/guardian will be contacted and intervention steps will be implemented by a school-based team.

A student is considered chronically absent when their total number of excused and unexcused absences reaches ten percent (10%) or more of the school year. On average, a student should not miss more than four (4) days per quarter.

Any student arriving after the official start of the school day (8:50 am) will be considered late. When students arrive late to school, they must check in at the main office. Records regarding tardiness will be maintained and appropriate consequences imposed for recurring tardiness.

When a student leaves the school premises prior to the end of the school day (3:38 pm) for any reason, a parent/guardian must provide advanced notice and permission. If a parent/guardian reports the early dismissal in ParentVUE, the parent/guardian does not have to check in at the main office. If an early dismissal is not reported in ParentVUE, a parent/guardian must check in at the main office for the child to be released early from school. Because our administrative assistants are involved with transportation at the end of the day, early dismissals after 3:20 pm will only be allowed in the case of an extreme emergency.

To comply with state record keeping requirements, students shall be withdrawn from LCPS student membership after fifteen (15) consecutive days of absences regardless of whether their absences are excused or unexcused.