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Attendance

Attendance

Did you know that one of the leading indicators for your child’s success in school is his/her attendance? Getting your child to school and there on time will help ensure that your student can do the best he/she can.

Attendance Times

 

Arrival

Departure

Chalmette, Lacoste, Meraux Elementary

8:40 a.m.

3:40 p.m.

Davies and Gauthier Elementary

8:30 a.m.

3:30 p.m.

Arabi Elementary

8:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Smith Elementary

7:30 a.m.

2:30 a.m.

Andrew Jackson, Trist, and St. Bernard Middle

8:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Chalmette High and Rowley Alternative

7:30 a.m.

2:30 p.m.

 

Attendance Policy

While we all know that going to school is important, sometimes children are absent. Please read carefully our district’s attendance policy:

  • Elementary and middle school students may not be absent more than 14 days in order to receive credit for the year.
  • High school students may not be absent more than 7 days per semester.
  • Students are regarded as habitually absent or habitually tardy after the fifth unexcused absence or fifth unexcused occurrence of being tardy within any school semester.
  • If a child is absent due to illness or accident, medical certificates signed by the attending physicians must be presented within five days after a student returns to school.
  • Please note that St. Bernard Parish Schools are obligated to report any student who is habitually absent or tardy to the juvenile court of St. Bernard Parish as a truant child.