Attendance

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North Metro Flex Academy believes that parent involvement is one of the key factors to student success and we feel it essential to keep an open line of communication with you regarding your student’s attendance.

Students who frequently miss school fall behind academically. While caused by a variety of factors, poor attendance makes it difficult for children to succeed in school, limiting their options for future success. If your student has missed 3 or more days of school due to an illness, a doctor’s note is required.

It is for this reason that Minnesota law requires that all children aged 7-17 attend school. A child is legally considered to be a “continuing truant” (MN Statute Section 260A.02 Subd. 3) if they have 3 unexcused absences in elementary school or miss 3 or more class periods on 3 days in middle school, and a “habitual truant” (MN Statute Section 260C.007 Subd. 19) if they have 7 unexcused absences in elementary school or miss 1 or more class periods on 7 days in middle school.

Missing 10%, or about 2 days each month over a course of a school year can make it harder for students to learn to read. Students begin to fall behind if they miss just 1 or 2 days every few weeks. Students should miss no more than 9 days of school in order to stay engaged, successful and on track. By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of three signs that a student may drop out of high school and by 9th grade is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores.