• Attendance Policies

    Regular attendance is critical to a student’s success. Attendance information is shared with parents and students. Each evening, the School Messenger and automated telephone system phones home to report classroom absences – excused and/or unexcused.

    Excused Absences/Tardies Defined by WCPSS:

    • Illness or injury which makes the student physically unable to attend school
    • Quarantine by State Board of Health
    • Confirmed Medical or Dental appointments
    • Court, when a student is under subpoena
    • Religious Observance
    • Educational opportunities (Educational Leave must be approved by an administrator three (3) days prior to the leave).

    Unexcused Absences/Tardies Defined by WCPSS:

    •  Absences/Lateness such as oversleeping, heavy traffic, car trouble, missing the bus, absent from class without permission, etc, are unexcused.   Notes: For an absence to be excused, a note needs to be submitted to the Attendance Office that includes the following:
    • Student’s name (first and last), absence date(s), reason for absence, parent/guardian signature, home or work/cell phone of parent/guardian for confirmation. We accept emails from the email that is listed in Infinite Campus.
    • Notes must be submitted to bmwood@wcpss.net in the Attendance Office within two (2) days of the absence.
    • Absences not documented within two (2) days are considered unexcused.

    Check Out:

    Parents/Guardians must be prepared to present ID in order to check out a student. If someone other than a parent/guardian shows to check a student out of school, they must also present ID and be on the student’s contact/check-out list. If the person is not on the contact/check-out list, the Attendance Technician must contact a parent/guardian to receive verbal authorization to release the student.

    No student may be checked out after 1:50 PM.

    Students who leave campus without following proper sign-out procedures will receive a permanent unexcused absence in classes missed, and they will be considered skipping. Skipping will warrant disciplinary consequences.