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  • School Info
    • School Profile
    • Key School 101
    • Staff
    • School Directory
    • Equity at Key
    • LSAT
      • LSAT Meeting Minutes
    • Enrollment
    • School Absences
    • School Closures
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    • Eureka Math
    • Common Core
    • PARCC
    • 4Rs
  • PTO
    • About the PTO
    • PTO Executive Board
    • Committees
    • PTO Meetings & Minutes
    • How to Volunteer
  • Afterschool Programs
    • Key School Extended Hours Program
    • Professional Development Days
    • ActivePlay
    • ASEP
    • Chess
    • Chorus
    • Foreign Language
  • Upcoming Events
    • NW@K
  • Dues & Support
    • PTO Dues & Bulk Supplies
    • Dues & Bulk Supplies FAQs
    • Donate to the PTO

School Absences

Regular attendance is critical to a student’s success in school. The school day begins at 8:35am and ends at 3:15pm. Any student arriving after 8:50am will be marked tardy and must report to the security guard before proceeding to class.

If your child must miss school, please email keyschoolattendance@gmail.com. You must provide an excuse note to document your child’s absence within five days of their return to school. Reasons for excused absences include:

  • Student illness (a doctor’s note is required if a student is absent for more than five days);
  • Death in the student’s immediate family;
  • Necessity for a student to attend a judicial proceeding as a plaintiff, defendant, witness, or juror;
  • Observance of a religious holiday;
  • Temporary school closings due to weather, unsafe conditions or other emergencies;
  • Medical reasons such as a doctor’s appointment (a doctor’s note is required);
  • Failure of DC to provide transportation where legally responsible;
  • Lawful suspension or exclusion from school by school authorities;
  • Absences to allow students to visit their parent or legal guardian, who is in the military; immediately before, during or after deployment;

 

Students who are absent may be subject to the following responses, according to DCPS policy:

  • Individual/group counseling to address attendance needs.
  • Participation in the creation of, and adherence to, an attendance student support plan.
  • Parents of students with five (5) unexcused absences will be requested to participate in a truancy conference and referred to the Student Support Team.
  • Students with 7 unexcused absences will receive a Metropolitan Police Department/DCPS notification letter.
  • Parents of students with ten (10) total absences — excused or unexcused will be requested to participate in an Attendance Conference (SST) and will be referred to the Office of State Superintendent of Education.
  • Students ages 5-13 with ten (10) unexcused absences will be referred to the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) for suspected educational neglect.
  • Students ages 5-13 with fifteen (15) unexcused absences will be referred to Office of Attorney General.
  • Course grades or year-end promotion may be affected by unexcused absences.

 

For more information, visit the DCPS website page on student attendance.

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