Attendance

Attendance Phone Number

720-554-2695

Attendance Procedure

For the protection of students and the accurate monitoring of attendance, please follow one of the options below when reporting an absence. If your student is going to be absent all day (from CCIC and from your student's home high school) you must notify both CCIC and your student's home high school of the absence.

Option 1 - Call the Attendance Line

Call the Attendance Office at 720-554-2695 prior to 2:00 p.m. on the day of the absence. When leaving a message, please include:

• Student’s name, spelling the last name
• Reason for absence
• Parent's Name
• Phone number where you can be reached 

Option 2 - Report Absence via TalkingPoints

Parents and Guardians can also report absences using the TalkingPoints mobile application. Download the app below, use the web version here, or sign in to your account at https://my.cherrycreekschools.org and use the TalkingPoints Tile (you may need to add it to your dashboard).

If your child misses or is going to miss school, please send a message to School Admin: CCIC using the TalkingPoints mobile app. Please remember to include the following:

• Student's Name
• the date and times of the absence
• the reason your student is missing class

Early Dismissal / Late Arrival

If your student needs to be dismissed early from class, he/she must bring a signed note to the Attendance Office prior to the start of the school day. This will help reduce disruptions in the classroom. Students who leave campus without following the above procedure may not be marked “excused”.

In the event that a student becomes ill at school and needs to go home, he or she must either report to the clinic where the school nurse will phone a parent/guardian or have a parent/guardian call and give permission to the main office to excuse the student.

If a student is running late, they must stop and check in at the reception desk to receive a pass before heading to class.

Parent Notification

Our computerized parent notification system will call your home twice a day to inform you of unexcused absences. A call to the Attendance Office to excuse the absence on the day of the absence (before 2:00 p.m.) will prevent the computer from calling you. Messages on the attendance line are reviewed daily and every effort is made to update PowerSchool in a timely manner. However, changes may take 24 - 48 hours to be reflected in your student’s record. If you receive a prerecorded call or email from attendance and have already left a message, please disregard the automated message.

Attendance Codes

For your reference, the following codes will be used to appropriately record attendance in PowerSchool.

T—Tardy

• Student arrives late, but within the first 10 minutes of class

UP—Unexcused Late

• Student arrives 11-60 minutes late to class

U—Unexcused Absence

• Student doesn't not show up to class at all
• Student arrives more than 60 minutes late
• Student does not return from break
• Student leaves early and fails to return to class and/or leaves without permission

E—Excused

L - Late (Excused Tardy)

•  Student arrives late from an appointment with appropriate documentation required

 

The district may require suitable proof regarding the above exceptions, including written statements from medical sources.

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[1} 3.02 (2) (a) Unexcused Absences occur when the student is absent without a reason or for an unacceptable reason as identified within the attendance rules set by local school board of education policy as declared in 22-33-104 (4)(a) C.R.S.

[2] 3.03 (3) For Department reporting purposes, a student who is absent from school without a valid and verifiable excuse by the parent/guardian that is consistent with school or board policy as defined in 22-33-104 (4)(a) C.R.S. or the student leaves school or class without permission of authorized school staff.

[3] 2,00 (13) “Unexcused Absence/Truancy” means a student is absent from school without a valid and verifiable excuse by the parent/guardian that is consistent with school or board policy as defined in 22-33-104 (4)(a) C.R.S. or the student leaves school or a class without permission of authorized school staff.

http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/BOE/SectionJPolicies/JH.pdf