Attendance Information

Attendance Philosophy

School attendance is the responsibility of the student, his/her parent or guardian, and the school.  The Pleasant Valley Community School District expects students to be in school every day. Under the Federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), each school is expected to maintain, at a minimum, a 95% average daily attendance throughout the year. Achieving this goal requires planning ahead and keeping school attendance a high priority. With this goal in mind:

1. Doctor and dentist appointments should be made outside the school day whenever possible.
2. Family vacation trips taken during school days are discouraged.

Please view our Student/Parent Handbook for our full Attendance Policy.

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Absent & Late Students - Safety Procedure

If your child is going to be absent or late, please call the school attendance number (563-332-0201) with the following information:

In the event of illness:

1. Your child’s name.
2. Your child’s teacher’s name.
3. Reason for absence.
4. Please state 2 symptoms describing your child’s illness. This is in accordance with Scott County Health Department (SCHD) requirements. All schools in Scott County keep track of illnesses and report them every week to the SCHD. A student’s name is not used when the information is reported. This information is collected to look for changes in types of illnesses and the number of cases reported for the county. This information is reported to the Iowa Department of Public Health who looks for changes in illnesses reported in Iowa. The information is then passed on to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) so they have an accurate picture when identifying health threats like yearly influenza.

In the event of a doctor appointment, please have your doctor’s office provide the following:

1. Your child’s name
2. Date of appointment
3. Time of appointment
4. Authorizing signature

You need to call every day your child is absent or late and state the reason for your child's absence or tardiness. If some unusual and unavoidable circumstance makes it impossible for you to contact the school, you will be called at home or work for the purpose of determining your child’s absence. In cases where telephone contact cannot be made, the student must bring in a written excuse stating their absence, signed by at least one parent or the student’s guardian, on the first day back to school.                

 

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Leaving School

You must have written permission from your parents or guardian to leave school at any time. No one may leave the school grounds during the school day without permission from the principal or dean of students. You must sign out in the office and indicate the departure time and destination. When returning to school, you must sign in at the office. If you want to ride home on someone else’s bus, a parent or guardian must write a permission note. This note must be initialed in the office before the end of first period.