Attendance

Regular school attendance is essential to a child’s growth, learning, and development. A child’s education is negatively impacted when absences or tardies become excessive. To prevent issues with your child’s attendance as the school year continues, please ensure that an excuse is provided to the school each time your child is absent or tardy.

According to the Mitchell County School System Student Handbook, four (4) handwritten excuses from parents are permitted per semester (August–December and January–May). All other excuses must come from a doctor or be approved by school administrators. If your child accumulates five (5) or more unexcused absences, you may be required to attend a meeting where a school-level attendance contract will be established and enforced by school staff and officials.