Attendance Office

Attendance Office Team

PRISMA BRACHO

PSA Counselor

310-241-1110

[email protected]

BRITTANY JOHNSON

Office Technician

310-241-1104

[email protected]

LUISA MARCHIONE

Snr Office Technician

310-241-1110

[email protected]

REPORTING AN ABSENCE:

If your student is absent, please send an absence note with your student the day he/she returns to school. The parent note must include full name, grade, date of the absence, specific reason for the absence, and must be signed by parent or guardian. Students can drop of the absence note to the Attendance Office as classrooms do not collect parent notes. A parent may call the Attendance office to give information about their child’s absence or text Ms. Bracho at 562-354-1527 with your child's name, grade and reason for absence.

ATTENDANCE POLICY & STOP CLEARANCE INFORMATION

ATTENDANCE WEEKLY/MONTHLY CELEBRATION WINNERS

We want to thank you for coming to school every day and appreciate all your hard work! We will continue to have our weekly raffles every Friday and will have our monthly improved homeroom competition on the first day of every month, along with our every 25 days of school celebration! Please stop by the main Foyer to view all our amazing raffle gifts

DANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENT ATTENDANCE DATA AS OF 8/25 (Please click image to view larger)

DANA ATTENDANCE GOAL FOR 25-26 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR

The LAUSD attendance goal is for students to keep an Excellet attendance rate of 95% or higher throughout the entire school year. This means having no more than 1 absence every 25 school days. Maximum 7 absences in an academic school year.

Our goal is to have a 6% decrease in chronic absenteeism for 6th grade

Our goal is to have a 7% decrease in chronic absenteeism for 7th grade

Our goal is to have a 8% decrease in chronic absenteeism for 8th grade

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What qualifies as an excused absence?

Illness or Medical Treatment
Health quarantine
Medical, dental & mental health appointments (Please try to make these outside of school hours)
Appearance in court
Funeral/Grieving of an immediate family member (Max 5 Days)
Justifiable personal reason where the student's absence has been requested in writing by parent/guardian and approved by the principal

For all absences other than illness, please send your child to school for at least part of the day so that your child can get the assignments they will miss, and your school will still receive much-needed state funding.

What is an unexcused reason?

What if my student arrives late to school?

What is considered a truancy (E.C. 48260)?

It is the parent’s/legal guardian’s responsibility to provide documentation to verify the reason(s) for the absence within 10 school days after the student returns to school to prevent absences to count towards truancy. For more information refer to the Parent Student Handbook.

In California, truancy is defined as being absent from school for 30-minutes or more without a valid excuse on three occasions.Tardies or Leave Early in excess of 30 minutes without valid excuse count towards truancy.

Does coming late to school/leaving early considered a full day absence?

What is the LAUSD Attendance Goal?

Who do I contact to discuss stop clearance?

Who do I contact to notify the school my student will be absent?