Attendance Office

ATTENDANCE MATTERS AT C.A.T.S

Regular school attendance is important if a child is to attain his or her full potential. We at Communication and Technology School - DRLC urge you to make an extra effort to ensure that your child establishes a regular attendance pattern and that he/she arrives to school on time. Students need to be in class at every day!!

It is our belief that the partnership between families and the school can help students successfully pursue their educational development. We thank you for your support.

The bell schedule and school-year calendar is above

Remember students and Families

Our goal is for students to not miss more than 7 days during the school year! That means, 1 absence or less every 25 days! Students are regularly rewarded for maintaining good attendance as well as improved attendance.

Refrain from making travel plans during the school year. Unless your child has a medical reason for missing school, their teachers are not obligated to make adjustments to their assignments/tests.

REPORTING AN ABSENCE

Please send your child with an absence note the the day they return to school. A NOTE DOES NOT ERASE ABSENCES, but it justifies the reason and will not mark them as a truant (ditching).

Medical notes must be signed by a doctor's office.

Parent notes must include:

Student Name and birthdate
Date(s) of absence
Reason for absence
Parent name and signature

Notes must be turned into the C.A.T.S Office.

Notes are filed and kept confidential unless they must be shown to the School Nurse.

Call the school:

Parent/Guardian can call the school to report a student's absence. Call 323-846-2118 and leave a message with the information listed above. Parent/Guardian phone number is recorded.

LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY PROCESS

If you need to pick up your child early from school. Please make sure you have identification and that you or the person picking up your child is on the emergency card.

STUDENTS WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO ADULTS WHO ARE NOT ON THE EMERGENCY CARD.

Our Office Tech will verify your identification, ask you to sign a Release Slip and summons your child out of class.