San Dieguito Academy

Key Info

Attendance

Attendance Office Contacts

Email: SDAattendance@sduhsd.net

(NOTE: All email correspondence must be from a parent/guardian email ON FILE in Aeries)

Phone Numbers:

(760) 753-1121, ext. 1128 (Off Campus Passes)

(760) 753-1121, ext. 1129 (Absence/Tardy)

(760) 753-1121, ext. 1130 (for Espanol)

To Verify/Excuse an Absence and/or Tardy:

By Email: SDAattendance@sduhsd.net from a parent/guardian email address on file in Aeries with the subject line "Absence/Tardy." The body of the email should include the first and last name of the student and the reason for absence or tardy (medical or personal).

By Phone Call/Voicemail: (760) 753-1121, ext. 1129 on the day of the absence/tardy. Spell the first and last name of the student, give your name and relationship to the student, and the reason for the absence or tardy (medical or personal).

Absences that have not been verified or excused within 48 hours turn into truancies and CANNOT be excused unless with medical documentation.

Tardy students MUST sign in at the attendance office before going to class if arriving after 8:40 am, even if a parent has called in.

SDA Tardy Policy:

SDA Administration runs biweekly tardy reports on Fridays. The Monday following the report, a detention notification is delivered to students from the Assistant Principal’s office, and parents are notified via email. Detentions will be served the upcoming Wednesday during either late start or hour lunch.

Please see the attached link for complete details on our SDA Tardy Policy, including detention dates and detention norms & expectations.

Off-Campus Passes:

*Please contact the attendance office for a pass at least 24 hours in advance if possible*

By Email: SDAattendance@sduhsd.net from a parent/guardian email address on file in Aeries with the subject line "Off Campus Pass” AT LEAST 24 hours in advance. The body of the email should include the first and last name of the student, the reason for the off campus pass (medical or personal), the time the student needs to leave school, and whether they will be returning.

By Phone Call/Voicemail: (760) 753-1121, ext. 1128 AT LEAST 24 hours before student must leave campus. Spell the first and last name of the student, give your name and relationship to the student, the reason for the pass, the time the student needs to leave school, and whether the student will be returning.

*Off-campus passes will now be emailed to the student’s school email address and to a parent email on file. Students must show the pass to their teacher before leaving the classroom.

Students who leave campus without a pass will be marked truant.*

If a student becomes ill on campus: Students who are ill must ask the teacher for a pass to the health office. The health tech will call the parent / guardian for permission to send the student home. Students who are ill MUST go to the health office before leaving campus. Students who leave school without an Off-Campus Pass or without permission from the health office attendant may be marked truant.

EXCUSED ABSENCES:

As specified in California Education Code 48205, excused absences are only as follows:

Medical Appointments (doctor, dental, therapy, chiropractic, dermatologic, etc.)
Illness
Observance of religious holidays
Attendance at funeral services for a member of the student’s immediate family
- One excused day for services conducted in California or three days if services are conducted out of state. “Immediate family” in this case means the student's parent/guardian, sibling, grandparent, or any other relative living in the student's immediate household
Court appearances
Colelge visits with completed form
- Please note: Junior and Senior students are eligible for up to 3 days of excused absence (per year) for off-campus college visits. The College Visit Permission Slip can be found HERE.

Note: A pupil absent from school under this section shall be allowed to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence that can reasonably be provided and, upon satisfactory completion within a reasonable period of time, shall be given full credit. The teacher of any classroom from which a pupil is absent shall determine the tests and assignments reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the pupil missed during the absence.

It is important for parents/guardians to remember that even though you report and excuse your student’s absence for an illness, AFTER 14 CUMULATIVE DAYS OF ABSENCE FOR ILLNESS (70 PERIOD ABSENCES), A DOCTOR’S NOTE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR EACH ILLNESS THAT FOLLOWS. Families will be notified via email if a student begins to accumulate excessive illness absences.

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES:

As specified in California Education Code 48205, unexcused absences are as follows:

Personal absences
- Ex: family vacation, DMV appointments, weddings, car trouble, alarm didn’t go off, missed bus/carpool (unless district provided), traffic, no parking, etc.

It is important for parents/guardians to remember that even though you report and verify your student’s absence, if the reason given for the absence does not meet the criteria outlined by the State of California in the EXCUSED ABSENCE section, the absence will be coded as PARENT VERIFIED (X Code), BUT WILL NOT BE EXCUSED and teachers are not required to provide students with assignments or tests for an unexcused absence. Families will be notified via email, if a student begins to accumulate excessive absences. For information on attendance coding in Aeries, please click here.

Students who are regularly absent or habitually truant will be referred to the Assistant Principal's Office. This process may include a referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) and the development of an attendance contact.

Click here for the SDUHSD district attendance policy.