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EXTENDED ABSENCES
A tentative school calendar is enclosed in this handbook to help avoid absences due to travel or family
vacations. Please refer to the official school calendar posted on the CMH web portal. The following
procedures to report extended absences should be followed:
1. The parent, not the student, should contact the Attendance Office, using the Vacation Request form
found on CMH web portal, at least two weeks before the intended absence;
2. An assignment form will be given to the student whose responsibility it is to see that it is completed
by all teachers and returned to the office one week in advance of departure. Copies will be given
to the student and filed in the office.
Ordinarily, no examinations missed because of travel or family vacations may be made up. All students
are expected to be present for final exams on the scheduled days.
LATE ARRIVAL
A student who arrives late to school must report immediately to the office. He/she will receive an
admit slip. Oversleeping, missing the bus, needing to stop for gas, etc., are not valid excuses for being
tardy. The total number of days tardy or absent will be recorded. (See page 14 on Tardiness).
STUDENT RELEASES
Students should not be released from school during unscheduled classes such as study hall. Students are
expected to attend all activities as part of their school day, including Masses, prayer services, programs,
and other activities directed by CMH. On days when liturgies and / or assemblies are scheduled during
regular school hours, no telephoned releases will be honored. To be released, a student must bring a
note signed by a parent that states the specific reason for the release. This note must be presented to
the attendance administrator by 9:00 AM. The student will then receive a release form. Upon returning
to the campus, students report to the office. The time of return will be put on the release slip, which
serves as a pass back to class.
If, in an emergency, a parent must call in a release, the parent must contact the Attendance Office prior to
the student leaving the building. Students must always check in and out of the office when released.
TRUANCY
Statute 118.16 of Wisconsin Legal Code mandates that students are to attend school regularly during
the full period and hours that school is in session until such time as the student attains the age of 18 or
completes the requirements for graduation. The code states, “Truancy means any absence of one or
more days from school during which the school attendance officer or principal has not been notified of
the legal cause of such absence by the parent or guardian of the absent pupil… ‘Habitual truant’ means
a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse…for either of the following:
1. Part or all of 5 or more days out of 10 consecutive days on which school is held during a school
semester.
2. Part or all of 10 or more days on which school is held during a school semester.
The legislature has extended the school attendance enforcement (Statute 118.16) to include penalties
for parents who do not prevent a child’s truancy. Parents of students who are suspected of truancy will
be notified by the school and investigated by the appropriate civil authorities.
APPOINTMENTS
Every effort should be made to schedule appointments with dentists, doctors, etc., during times
when school is not in session. If this is not possible, students should present a parental note stating
the specific type of appointment and time the student is to be allowed to leave school. The student
should check back into school after his / her appointment by reporting to the office for an admit slip.
SENIOR PRIVILEGE
Senior privilege is the advantage granted to qualifying seniors to arrive at school in time for their first class,
but no later than the start of 3rd hour, and to leave following their last class of the day, but no earlier than
the completion of 6th hour. While in school, seniors follow all school rules, reporting to classes, learning
commons, and assigned study halls within the allotted five-minute passing time. Seniors may not leave
the building between the time they arrive and the time they finally exit for the day.

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