Absences

STUDENT
A student absence will be marked Excused if the parent/guardian has contacted the school by phone, note, or in person or if the student is participating in a school sponsored event. A student with an Excused absence is permitted to do make-up work, tests, and other class activities. **__The student is allowed the number of days absent, plus one, to complete make-up work.__** A student’s absence is unexcused if the parent/guardian has not contacted the school. Make-up work and time for an unexcused absence is at the teacher’s discretion. If you know in advance that you will be absent from work, notify the principal or the principal’s secretary in accordance with district policy. **If you are at work and get sick or have a family emergency, contact Karen and she will work her magic.** [|Subfinder] Each teacher shall be entitled to use nine (9) annual days or seventy-two hours as leave without loss of pay during each school year for illness and purposes of legal or business matters, which cannot conveniently be conducted outside the school day. You may take time off in two-hour increments. Teachers are not required to state the reason for taking such leave. Please consult the Memorandum of Understanding for more information and specifics. **__Plans for Substitutes__** Teachers are to leave lessons plans for the substitutes on their desk. Every staff member will be expected to have a folder with classroom expectations such as, class role, duty assignments, seating arrangement, and student management plan easily accessible in your desk. All staff members will be expected to deliver your emergency lesson plan and student management plan to an administrator by the end of the first week of school. It is the teacher’s responsibility to call the sub line and to recheck the sub line to be sure a sub has been assigned. **RED folder** is for emergency plans **BLUE folder** remains in the classroom for substitute lesson plans.
 * TEACHER **
 * __ EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS need to be submitted to Karen before the end of the first week of school. __**
 * __ THOMPSON __****__ SCHOOL DISTRICT __****__ R2-J PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING ABSENCES __**
 * Please note that if you are ill and reporting an absence for that day you need to call it in __before__ 6:00 a.m. to request sub finder to find a sub. However, if after 6:00 a.m., you will still need to call in the absence. **