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At Paul J. Blackwell Learning Center, we use the Raptor Visitor Management System to enhance school security. Please have your license or government ID ready when visiting our school.
Attendance Protocols
Attendance Definitions:
An absence is defined as missing school. Students arriving after, or leaving before 11:30 are marked absent.
Unexcused Absence- when a student is out of school for vacation or non-medical reasons. Also if the student is
sick or has a doctor’s appointment & the parent does not send a parent note or a doctor’s excuse.
Excused Absence- When a child is sick, has death in the family, or has an appointment. Parents have up to 5
days to write an excuse telling why the student was absent. IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT: PLEASE TURN IN A
DOCTOR’S NOTE OR WRITTEN PARENT EXCUSE for the sickness.
Tardy - when a student arrives at his/her classroom after the 7:55 a.m. bell. AFTER 7:55 PARENTS MUST WALK
THEIR CHILD IN AND SIGN HIM/HER INTO THE OFFICE.
Early Dismissal - when a child is picked up from school prior to 2:45. EARLY PICK UP IS NOT ALLOWED AFTER 2:00.