- Hilltop Primary School
- Attendance Policies
Be at School, Every Day, On Time
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Report your child's absence or tardy by 8:00 AM
Please contact Hilltop by 8:00 a.m. if your child will not be at school.
Attendance line: (952) 491-8505
School Attendance Policies
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Daily Attendance
It is important for students to be in school as much as possible. It is your responsibility to let us know when your child will be absent.
- You must call the school by 8:00 a.m. to let us know your child will be absent.
- If we do not hear from you, we will call to check on your child’s welfare and remind you to
call the Attendance Line (952) 491-8505 to report future absences. The third and any
subsequent times we need to call you, the absence will be unexcused, no matter what the
reason for the absence is. - Each student is allowed 12 absences due to illness. Any illness absence after 12 requires
a doctor’s note for the absence to be excused. - Professional appointments (doctor, counselor, legal, etc.) will be excused only if we
receive a note from the professional. - Each student is allowed to miss up to five (5) days of school for vacation.
- If no reason is given for the absence, the absence will be unexcused.
Vacation Policy
District policy allows a student up to five (5) days of vacation. For the sixth day, and any days after that, a
vacation petition form must be completed, using the following process.- Parent will request the Vacation Petition Form from the school office, advising dates of school to be missed.
- Office staff will give the Vacation Petition to the classroom teacher to enter homework make-up plans and return the form to the parents.
- Parent will contact our school social worker, Mrs. Howard (952) 491-8458, to go over the homework make-up plans.
- A consultation between Mrs. Howard and the classroom teacher may occur.
Unexcused Absences
Westonka Public Schools will follow the Hennepin County and state guidelines for reporting students who are truant.
- The school will inform parents in writing when we have recorded three (3) or more unexcused absences for a student. Please know that five (5) unexcused tardies equals 1 unexcused absence.
- When the school has recorded six (6) unexcused absences, the parents will be referred to the County for a parent meeting.
- When nine (9) unexcused absences are recorded, the parents will be referred to County officials; the absence report will be reviewed by the County and could result in a Juvenile Court hearing.
Reporting guidelines can be found on the Hennepin County be@school page