Regular daily attendance at school is very important for school success and helps to ensure the mastery of curriculum.  Students are required to be in school every day except for the following reasons: death in the family, illness, a court summons, and religious obligation.  Students may be lawfully absent for these reasons if the parent sends in a note explaining the absence.  Notes can be handwritten or you can email an explanation to your child's teacher or to:  dresattendance@hcpss.org.

The student services team and administrators meet on a monthly basis to review the attendance of our students and phone calls are made or letters sent when students are absent for more than 10% of the days schools are open.  This includes  excused and unexcused absences.