Research is clear that showing up for school has a huge impact on a student’s academic and social success, starting from pre-kindergarten and continuing through high school. Students are required to be in school every day except for the following reasons: death in the family, illness, a court summons, and religious obligation. Students may be lawfully absent for these reasons if the parent sends in a note explaining the absence
If your student is absent or will be absent, please contact us at the following email address to explain the reason: cresabsence@hcpss.org and cc your child’s teacher. In the email please Include the following information:
- Student First and Last Name
- Grade
- Reason for absence
Our student services team and administrators meet regularly to review the attendance of our students and phone calls are made or letters sent when students are absent for more than 10% of the days schools are open. Please note that this includes excused and unexcused absences. Thank you for helping us support a culture of showing up to school every day!