Common Questions:

Mental Health Days: The parent can declare that the child needs a mental or behavioral health day for up to five days. After the 2nd mental health day is used the school should inform the parent that the child will be referred to the student service department for follow up.
How do absence add up by individual class periods - Rules from state, how does what we enter add up? Are individual periods and half days equal absences?

Secondary:

Only class periods that are marked to take attendance are included

Periods counts are determined based on the day the absence occurred

Absences are calculated based on the following regarding the percentage of periods missed:

Percentage Absent

<= 25%: No absence

> 25% and <=75%: Half Day Absence

> 75%: Full Day Absence

Elementary:

ADK - 1st Grade

Half Day Absence: If a student receives less than 240 minutes of instruction but at least 120 minutes they are to be marked half day absent.

Full Day Absence: If a student receives less than 120 minutes of instruction they are to be marked full day absent.

2nd - 5th Grade

Half Day Absence: If a student receives less than 300 minutes of instruction but at least 150 minutes they are to be marked half day absent.

Full Day Absence: If a student receives less than 150 minutes of instruction they are to be marked full day absent.

Half Day Kindergarten

Half Day Absence: If a student receives less than 120 minutes of instruction but at least 60 minutes they are to be marked half day absent.

Full Day Absence: If a student receives less than 60 minutes of instruction they are to be marked full day absent.

* There are 325 minutes considered instructional time at the elementary level. The 60 minute lunch / recess does not count.

Homebound Students - How are they tagged for absences?

These students are enrolled with a Program Code of Homebound / Tutored

They are counted as Present unless specifically marked absent on certain days for a specific reason.

Hospitalized students - How are they tagged?

They are marked absent with an Absent Code of M-Medical.

That absence code is not reported to ISBE so these are not counted against us.

Parent Call Ins vs. Students Call Ins - Excused vs Unexcused? Student Call ins are unexcused if the student is under the age of 18

Community Unit School District 200

SEL Programming and Strategies

Relationships

School Connectedness

Behavioral Wellness

Tier 1 Behavioral Classroom and School

Behavioral School Improvement Plan

Camp Kinder

Significant Disruption Protocol

Behavioral Specialists

District Discipline Support Team Meetings

Emotional Wellness

Emotional Wellness Coordinators

Risk Assessments

PREPaRE Crisis Prevention and Response

Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program

Referral GPS

Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS)

Learning

Attendance Improvement Plan

Clubs, Activities and Athletic Participation

DARE

Cyber Safety

Student Leadership Groups

Mindset

Mindset Culture and Professional Learning

Parent Education

Cyber Safety - Rich Wistocki Presentation

Wellness Symposium

Mental Health Resources

Referral GPS