Dear Parents and Students:
Congratulations! If attendance is the key to learning, there is a great deal of learning going on at Staten Island Technical High School. Our attendance record is something of which we can all be very proud.
Attendance Policy:
To maintain this record, and even to improve it, we have instituted the following attendance policy
- Students are expected to maintain an attendance rate of at least 95% at all times. Attendance is reviewed every two weeks to ascertain that no one falls below this number.
- Should a student's attendance fall below 90% without a doctor's note, a conference with the student and his or her parent will be scheduled.
- If a student is absent without a doctor's note three or more times during any month, a conference with his or her parent will be scheduled. Extenuating circumstances, such as a death in the family, can be used in lieu of a doctor's note.
- Further non-excused absences may result in suspension from extra-curricular activities such as a team or club, leadership position or office, participation in school play, senior activities, including, but not limited to, late distribution of the Senior Yearbook, and other privileges to be determined by the administration and/or in consultation with the attendance committee.
- Parents should call the school on the morning of a student's absence.
- Students are to show absence notes to all of their teachers first and then bring the signed notes to Room 119. Notes should include a contact telephone number and/or parent cell phone number.
Lateness Policy:
In an ongoing effort to maintain a standard of excellence, and to build on our success, we have revisited and revised our current lateness policy.
Since most SITHS students take public transportation to school, there may be an occasion where lateness is unavoidable due to a major traffic delay. It is the chronic latecomer, however, who poses the most serious of problems. To intervene and hopefully prevent any student from becoming a chronic latecomer, the following guidelines with regard to lateness have been adopted,
I. MONTHLY LATENESS:
LATENESS'S
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ACTION TO BE TAKEN
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2nd
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• A phone call to parent(s).
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3rd
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• A conference with the guidance counselor.
• Notification to the Athletic Director who will discuss the situation with PSAL Coach (if applicable)
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4th
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• Mandatory detention.
• Failure to report for detention will result in further disciplinary action.
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5th
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• A conference with a school administrator/designee. Parents are to be notified.
• Failure to report for a conference will result in a parent-student conference with a school administrator/designee.
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II. TERM LATENESS:
LATENESS'S
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ACTION TO BE TAKEN
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6th - 9th
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• Mandatory detention for each day the student was late in excess of 5 lateness's for the term. (i.e. 6 lates = 1 detention; 7 lates = 2 detentions, etc.)
• Failure to report for detention will result in further disciplinary action.
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10th
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• Suspension from all non-elected or non-credit bearing activities for one week.
• Delay in the distribution of Senior Yearbook.
• Meet with the National Honor Society Faculty Council to determine appropriate action for National Honor Society students.
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School Policies
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