After-School Study Center - Attendance Recovery Policy

After-School Study Center Schedule

The purpose of the after-school study center is to provide a mechanism to allow students to make up excessive absences and/or as a point of coordination for attendance credit recovery.  Attendance in the after school study center is voluntary.

• Students must provide their own transportation home.
• The after school study center will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:45 until 4:45.
• Students can make up 3 hours per week (180 minutes) by staying Tuesday through Thursday for 60 minutes per day.
• Each day (60 minutes) will count as a make-up day for 1 class period.
• Students are required to attend the full 60-minute session.  If they leave before the teacher dismisses for the day, their time will not count.
• As students sign in, they must list the period and subject for which they are making up time.
• During the course of the year, students can make up as many as 4 (four) periods in each of their classes (Carnegie unit bearing classes at the high school).
• If students make up periods and then fail the class, the principal may apply those days to another class in which the students need make-up time.    
• The make-up days would NOT be applicable for meeting exam exemption requirements.  Make-up days would be for preventing loss of credit only.
• Students are required to do productive work in the study center (homework, read a book, take make-up tests, etc.)  Students will not be allowed to sleep or sit unproductively. If a student becomes disruptive or fails to follow rules, that student will be dismissed from the study center. The results of the dismissal would be loss of that time, possible prohibition from the after school study center, and possible discipline code ramifications.
• If students make up 4 periods in a class and still have excessive absences, they can THEN appeal for credit. If the students appeal for credit in a class and have not made all efforts to make up time, the appeal may be denied.
• All first semester days should be made up by February 1 of that school year.
• If students need to go to another teacher for make-up, tutorial help, or any academic pursuit, such as credit recovery or freshman academy tutorial, they could sign in at the study center with a pass from the teacher they need to go to. Once they finish with their regular teacher, they could return to study center (with a pass) to finish the time. After each study center, the attendance roster would then be turned over to the attendance clerk (or principal’s designee) for the make-up days to be entered into SASI immediately. If students are trying to bank days, this would become evident immediately.