Balancing School Attendance in Flu Season

Attendance is important, but what should you do if your student is sick? The current district policy allows students to come to school as long as they are not contagious. You can find more details on how to best support student health and attendance at https://kidshealth.org, and you can always contact your school nurse for help deciding if your student should come to school.

Maintaining Good Attendance Through Winter

We know sickness will spread more readily in the winter, and that could lead to students needing to stay home from school. Limiting other types of excused absences during this time of year can help students keep a consistent school schedule so they can still get the social, emotional and academic benefits that school offers.

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it's important to limit all absences including excused absences as much as possible because even when a student is absent for a good reason they still miss out on the important time interacting with their peers sharing in our school community and learning winter is here which means lots more close-knit gatherings in warm and cozy spaces for many it will also mean travel appointments and sick days of course these days it's hard to know what to do when a student is sick with a global pandemic still fresh in our memories many of us are still worried about spreading infections the current District policy recommends students come to school unless they are actively contagious but it's up to you to make the right decisions to protect the health of your child this makes it even more important to limit other kinds of excused absences during the winter to maintain consistent attendance consider scheduling appointments for spring or summer when possible to ensure students receive the maximum benefits of school even if they have to miss time due to illness in the winter