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Attendance
THE ATTENDANCE LINE IS:
AVAILABLE 24 HOURS 925 479-1598.
REPORTING AND CLEARING AN ABSENCE:
A parent must call the attendance telephone number to verify the absence no later than 9:45 am ON THAT DAY. The call must be made each morning in the event of a multiple day absence. Students are not to call in their own absences. The following information should be included in the phone message:
STUDENT NAME
DATE OF ABSENCE
REASON FOR ABSENCE
RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT
An automatic SAFETY MESSAGE will be sent on any “unverified absence” at 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. If you have already left a message in the morning on the Attendance Line and still get a Safety Message at 10:30, please allow us time to get through all the messages and input them in our system. There’s no need to call again, unless you receive another notice at 6:00 pm.
Please refer to the Decision Tree on the GRMS homepage under quick links regarding illness related to Covid 19.
VERIFICATION OF ABSENCE
*Per AR 5113, all absences must be cleared within 48 hours of a students return to school. You may email any doctors notes to jlouie@srvusd.net
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Request an Independent Study.
A parent/guardian must request an independent study in advance of the student's absence:
- 5-10 consecutive instructional day independent study contract: Must request at least three to five days in advance.
- 11-14 consecutive instructional day independent study contract: Must request five to ten days in advance.
Tardy Policy 23/24 (Effective 9/5/23)
Tardy Policy 23/24 (Effective 9/5/23)![]()
Tardy Policy 23/24 (Effective 9/5/23)
GRMS Tardy Policy
- 5 tardies: Students will receive a warning notice
- 6 tardies: Students will be assigned a lunch detention with parent notification
- 10 tardies: Students will be assigned a before or after school detention with parent notification
- 15 tardies: Students will be required to attend a Student Attendance Review Team (SART) meeting with a parent and an administrator
- 20 tardies: Students will be assigned a Saturday School with parent notification
This tardy policy will go into effect Tuesday, 9/5. Tardies are cumulative throughout each quarter and then reset at the start of a new quarter. Parents and students can monitor student attendance through Infinite Campus.
Checking attendance in Infinite Campus (Parents):
1. Go to the District website (www.srvusd.net). Find the Infinite Campus Portal tile on the homepage. Click on the “Campus Parent” link to log in.
2. Click the three line icon at the top-left corner and select the attendance tab.
3. If you have multiple students in the District, use the pull-down in the upper-right corner to select the student's attendance you want to view.
