It its April board meeting, the Alpine School Board approved a change to its Attendance Policy for Secondary Schools which deserves the praise and thanks of everyone. The change added this section to the policy:
1.3 The Alpine School District Board of Education has determined that the parent or legal guardian of a student can excuse and (sic) absence for reasons they deem necessary.
While too many school districts around the country are moving further away from a positive working relationship with parents which includes respect for parents' choices about their children's absences - by reducing the reasons for which a child can miss school and increasing prosecution of ordinary, parent-excused absences - Alpine has chosen a better direction. It has chosen to reflect our community values by showing respect for the families it serves through this excellent policy.
A huge thank you goes out to the Alpine Board of Education!
Further Information:
ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS - Policy 5156
http://policy.alpinedistrict.org/policy/5156_Attendance_Policy_for_Secondary_Schools_Policy
What You Can Do:
Contact the members of the Alpine School Board and thank them for adopting this policy.
President John Burton johnburton@alpinedistrict.org
Scott Carlson scarlson@alpinedistrict.org
Brian Halladay bhalladay@alpinedistrict.org
Wendy Hart wendyhart@alpinedistrict.org
Paula Hill paulahill@alpinedistrict.org
JoDee Sundberg jsundberg@alpinedistrict.org
Debbie Taylor debbietaylor@alpinedistrict.org
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