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Attendance & Health Information

AGE Attendance Form
Please fill out the form or call to inform of any absence or tardiness.

Attendance line: 303-387-7127

Statistics

  • 10% or more absent, students are considered chronically absent and at risk. adverse academic and behavioral outcomes. 
  • Students who are chronically absent in the early grades are less likely to read proficiently by Grade 3.
  • Students who are chronically absent in a single year between Grades 8 and 12 are seven times more likely to drop out of high school.

Illness at School

A student may be sent home if they exhibit any of the following:
 
  • Undiagnosed skin eruptions / rashes
  • Nausea / vomiting / diarrhea
  • Severe abdominal pain
  • Fever of 100 degrees or higher
  • Disruptive, persistent cough
  • Loss of taste and / or smell

Return to School After Illness

After 24 hours of medication for the following conditions:

  • Strep throat
  • Infected skin eruptions
  • Other conditions requiring antibiotics 
    • Exception: If being treated for Pertussis, student must be on antibiotics for 5 days before returning to school

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 24 hours:

  • Fever (without benefit of fever-reducing medication)
  • Vomiting and/or diarrhea in the absence of other symptoms of illness

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 48 hours:

  • Vomiting and/or diarrhea when accompanied by other symptoms of illness
     

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