Show mm W m I A JL Q T Il 1 M I a M approved for C high B school i the school district-particularly at the high school-the Uintah School District Board of Education approved of an attendance policy at Uintah High School as part of a pilot study to be reviewed at the completion of each quarter of dance level at the will closely monitor the policy at the end of each they'll identify the strong points of the policy while examining and re-evaluating the weak In philosophy statement for regular the board has stated school alien- dance is generally accepted as the single most important influence on sue- school Re- of the State School state that students must attend school until eighteen years of age is reached and at school of such a youth is the responsibility of the legal guardian of that The in adopting the has charged the high school administrators and staff with the challenge of raising the overall high school attendance to at least 92 The board feels the passing of the Proficiency Exam which is required for graduation from high school and the utilization of the California Achieve- ment Test will strongly be supported by regular The requirements of the pilot policy direct all high school to be in attendance three school years or twelve A period of absences for any one in any one quarter that ex- five will resulting possibility of the student losing his academic if a student misses more than five but less than he or she has the right of appeal for their Ad- three in any one class will be counted as one day of Teacher assignments may help the stu- dent in erasing the The policy also defines the excused and unexcused An excused absence is simply any instance of a student's absence that a parent notifies the school An unexcused absence is one where the absence is unac- counted for by either the parent orthe Five or more unexcused absences result in the student losing the right of Taking the stand of involving the parents as much as possible regarding their children's the board directed the school to attempt to notify the parents by telephone in cases of absences when the parents didn t notify the After three such the will be notified in writing by the u was stated that students in- in board approved activities will not receive an absence but are sible to make up all the work In other the reading of board regarding capital outlay purchases was approved K directs any purchasing or projects entered into that amounts to more than must first be brought to the school board for It also stipulates the superintendent is em- powered in an emergency to meet with the board president for approval of the purchase or In the case of an an item must be presented to the board of education at the next regularly scheduled Other board discussion The use of school facilities by con individuals and soon- individuals regarding the maintenance and operation costs of community-used school facilities and the use of the board directed the staff to prepare pertaining to the use of facilities by community people and to include within the recommendation the possibility of renting out the board directed the staff to review a request by members of the Vernal Rod and Gun Club for the initia- tion of a trap shooting club and hunter safety program at the high |