Absence Procedures

If your child is not going to be in school, please call Attendance Officer Lucrezia Maurin at 201-641-5833 ext. 120 by 8:30 a.m.  Voicemail is available around the clock for your convenience.   Following each absence, please send in a note that explains why your child was absent, and please sign the note.  According to the district’s policy, an “excused” absence is a student’s absence from school for one of the following reasons:

1. A student’s illness
2. A student’s uncoverable and/or uncovered weeping skin lesion
3. A death or critical illness in the student’s immediately family
4. Quarantine
5. Observance of the student’s religion on a day approved for that purpose by the State Board of Education
6. A student’s suspension from school
7. A student’s required attendance in court
8. Necessary and unavoidable medical or dental appointments that cannot be scheduled at a time other than the school day 

An “unexcused” absence is designated by the school for the following reasons (among others):

1. Family travel
2. Performance of household or babysitting duties
3. Student is working
4. Recreational activities 

For ten or more cumulative unexcused absences, the school must make a referral to the court program required by the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts.