Hall County's Attendance Policy
As a parent, you play the most important role in the education of you child. In order to make this a successful school year, your child must be in the classroom every day possible.
The following process will be followed in all schools:
 | The school will record attendance daily and collect excuses for all students absent from school, indicating, if necessary, what interventions have been tried to address attendance problems. |
| When a student had 5 unexcused absences the law requires that a letter be signed by the parent/guardian. |
| A letter from the school will be sent to all parents/guardians of children who have 10 absences. |
| A school administrator and/or school counselor will monitor and provide appropriate interventions. |
| If unexcused absences continue the administrator or counselor will submit information about students with a pattern of unexcused absences to the school social worker or other designated school personnel. |
| The school social worker or other designated school personnel will assess the situation by talking to the student, a parent, and school staff, suggest appropriate interventions, and document attempts to reduce absences. |
| If unexcused absences continue, the school social worker will refer the parent and/or the student to the appropriate court for truancy. |
Under State Board of Education policies, students will be excused from school for the following reasons:
- Personal illness or attendance in school endangers a student's health or the health of others.
- A serious illness or death in a student's immediate family necessitating absence from school.
- A court order or an order by a governmental agency, including pre-induction physical examinations for service in the armed forces, mandating absence from school.
- Observing religious holidays, necessitating absence from school.
- Conditions rendering attendance impossible or hazardous to student health or safety.
- Local boards of education may allow a period not to exceed 1 day fro registering to vote or voting in a public elections.
Other absences may be approved by the principal.
We look forward to your cooperation in having you child in school every day (s)he is able to attend.