Jurupa Hills
High School
Attendance Policy
Attendance Policy
Attendance Office
Hours: 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Phone Number: 909 357-6300 ext. 16110 or 16111
School attendance is the single most important factor in school success
Excused Absences
State Law requires schools to account for all Students’ absences. Valid excuses include the following:
- Illness
- Visitation to a medical office, clinic, doctor, or dentist
- Funeral of immediate family member
- Quarantine of the home
Clearing an Absence
Parents may call the Attendance Office at ext. 16110 or 16111. A 24- hour message phone will record your message. Please give the following information:
- The student’s first and last name and grade
- The date(s) he or she was or will be absent
- The reason for the absence
- Your name and a phone number where we can reach you.
If you cannot call, please send a note with your child or email our attendance office at trujpe@fusd.net or at mendya@fusd.net. The note should contain the same information as above.
All absences must be cleared within three (3) days or they will become full day truancies. Any Student who does not clear the absence within three days after the absence has occurred can be assigned Saturday School to make up the day of the absence.
Period Truancies
“You ditch a period; you owe a period.”
After School Work Program, Parent Conferences, Alternate Learning Center (ALC) can be consequences assigned for all-day or period truancy.
Education Code 48403 – Habitual Truants: If any person subject to the provision of this chapter is a habitual truant or is irregular in attendance as required by this chapter or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, the county superintendent of the schools may request a petition on his behalf in the juvenile courts of the county.
Education Code 48260 – Truancy Definition: Any pupil subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse 3 FULL DAYS in one school year or tardy or absent for more than any 30 minute period during the school day without a valid excuse or on three occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof, is truant and shall be reported to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district. Upon the fourth truancy within the same school year, the pupil shall be classified a HABITUAL TRUANT.
Leaving Campus Early
Students must remain on campus unless signed out through the Attendance Office or Health Office by a parent or guardian with a valid excuse. All parents or guardians MUST present a picture ID and be listed in our student information system as a legal parent/guardian in order to check out a student.
18 Year Old Students
Students who are 18 years old may sign themselves out of school, however, they will not be allowed to return that day without valid proof of a medical or legal appointment. They may only sign out during their passing period to help limit any interruptions to classroom instruction.
Make-up work:
An absence from school does not excuse you from your responsibilities to complete class work. If you are absent, you are expected to find out what you missed and make up that work.