Attendance/Tardy

Attendance                219-1670

  Parents are requested to call the school and notify the Guidance Secretary when their child will be absent

from school before 9:00 a.m. if possible.

  Parents should request homework if the student is out three (3) or more consecutive days.

  Provide a written excuse to the Guidance Secretary upon students return to school.  The student will be

issued an attendance pass.  The pass must be shown to every teacher in order for the student to make up class work.

  A physician or other licensed medical provider's certification is required in the event that a student is

absent due to illness, injury or other medical or physical condition for three or more consecutive school days

or nine cumulative days within any ninety calendar day period.  The physician or other licensed medical

provider's certification must be provided to the school by no later than the tenth school day after return of the

student.  Failure to timely provide the written certification will result in the absence being considered

unexcused.

  Florida Compulsory Attendance law states that a student must attend school until he/she is 16 years of age.

  A student must attend 90% of the days of each class in order to receive credit for the semester.  Absences must not exceed

nine (9) days in each class per semester.

 

Tardy

The staff at Murray Middle School is proud to announce a commitment to insure that class time is used effectively and efficiently.  In that spirit, we have adopted a firm set of procedures.

Tardy Policy:

  Students will be considered "on time" for class if their entire body is in the class room when the bell rings.

  Teachers will admit all students with or without a pass and appropriately record the student's arrival on

Pinnacle.

  Students arriving late without a pass will automatically be marked tardy; students with "valid" issues may

attempt to clear up the issues on their own time.

  Teachers agree NOT to hold students after the bell without first notifying the receiving teacher.

• FIRST OFFENSE - Tardy citation requiring parent signature.

• SECOND OFFENSE - Referral resulting in ASD.  Parent phone call by student services.

• THIRD OFFENSE - Referral resulting in ISS or Saturday school.  Parent phone call by student services.

NOTE:  More than two (2) After School Detentions, Indoor Suspensions, OR just one OSS or Saturday School will result in student ineligibility to participate in incentive trips.