Attendance

Compulsory attendance laws require that parents send their children to school. The law further states that a student must attend every scheduled session of every class, even if failure is imminent. The law applies to all students until they reach 18 years old. Once a student becomes 18 years old, they become a guest at Westview and can be withdrawn from school if their academic progress, attendance, or behavior is not acceptable.

Absences will be marked as unverified truancy if not excused within 72 hours.

Attendance Hotline at (858) 780-2020
Option 1: Student has an appointment
Option 2: All day absence and other attendance issues

Note: If your student has a medical appointment (i.e. doctor, physical therapy, dentist, orthodontist, etc.), please provide a medical excuse from the Health Care Provider.
In order to medically excuse your student's absence or tardy, the State of California requires verification from your health care provider. Medically excused absences are coded differently than regular excuses. Please ask the health care provider for a note for school before leaving the medical or dental office. Bring the note to the Attendance Window so we can update your attendance.
Students may bring note to the Attendance Window upon arrival on-campus or scan and email to [email protected] for our records.

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Absences

If your student is going to be absent from school, or you need to clear an absence, please contact the Attendance 24-Hour Hotline at (858) 780-2020 (option 2), or email [email protected] from the email address you have on file with the Poway Unified School District.

All students arriving less than 10 minutes into their first class may go straight to class. All students arriving after 10 minutes, must report to the Attendance Window prior to going to class.

Absences and Make-Up Work: Students with a verified excused absence will be able to make up work as per PUSD Board Policy and it is up to the teacher’s discretion if the teacher wants to provide make up work for unexcused absences.

Absences will be marked as unverified truancies if not excused within 72 hours.

Off Campus Independent Study (OCIS) Contracts

This contract allows the student to complete work that he/she would be doing if they were in class and helps the school to continue to receive funding from the state. The student needs to work with his/her teachers closely to submit the assignments.

The threshold for implementing an OCIS contract is limited to a maximum of 14 school days. The 14-school day limit for OCIS contracts is cumulative for the entire school year.

At least 5 school days of notice is required to set up an OCIS Contract. When there is a planned absence, and you and your child would like to contract the OCIS, please contact to Ritsuko Huth: [email protected]

*A family who plans to keep their student out of school beyond the 20 days is recommended to enroll their child in Poway Home Education Program (PHEP: TK through 8th grade) or New Directions (6th through 12th grade).
Please refer to the PUSD website for more information and contact the student’s counselor.
Hospital Home Instruction

Illness During School

Students who become sick after arriving on campus must report to the Health Office.

If the student is in class, they must obtain a pass from their teacher to go to the Health Office.

The Health Technician will assist the student and contact the parent. Students who leave through the Health Office will obtain their off campus pass there, not the Attendance Office.

Sick students are not checked out through the Attendance Office.

Tardiness

If a student arrives more than 30 minutes late, please notify attendance.

Students arriving late to school must come to the Attendance Office. Parents may send an email, or call the attendance hotline, if this tardy is to be excused.

All tardiness accompanied by a doctor/dentist note will NOT count toward your child's attendance record.

Tardy policy:

3 tardiness= warning. 4 tardiness = detention. 5 tardiness and continuing tardy = referral(s) to Admin staff.

*Parents can excuse 3 tardiness per semester. We will subtract the 3 tardy days from your student's record before assigning discipline.

Medical Excuses

In order to medically excuse your student's absence or tardy, the State of California requires verification from your health care provider. Medically excused absences are coded differently than regular excuses. Please ask the health care provider for a note for school before leaving the medical or dental office. Bring the note to the Attendance Window so we can update your attendance.

Please provide medical documentation from the health care provider excusing your student from class. Students may bring note to the Attendance Window upon arrival on-campus or scan and email to [email protected] for our records.

Attendance Marked in Error

To review your student's attendance, use the online link:

sis.powayusd.com
Input your user name and password
Select student if you have more than one in PUSD
Click on Attendance icon at left

If your student is marked absent in error, your student must contact the teacher who made the error. The teacher can email Attendance or write a note for the student to bring to the Attendance Office to have the error corrected.

Truants/Class Cuts

If a teacher fails to show up on time, students are to remain by the door until the teacher or administrator arrives. Students who fail to do so will be considered truant from class. Period truancy will be handled through administration and may result in discipline, including, but not limited to, detention, campus beautification or loss of privileges.

SARB (Student Attendance Review Board)

Parents or guardians must comply with California Education Code requiring students under 18 years of age to attend school daily. Parents or guardians who fail to meet this obligation may be guilty of an infraction and subject to legal action pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter II of Part 27 of The Education Code.

Twelve excused absences are considered excessive and a Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) letter will be sent to the district office, unless the student brings in a doctor's note for the absence. Subsequent absences will result in issuance of additional letters. 　

Students who are truant from school on three (3) different days will have a first truancy letter sent home and a copy sent to the Student Attendance and Discipline Office. Subsequent truant days will result in the issuance of a second and third letter. After three letters of truancy or three letters excessive excused absences have been sent, a SARB court hearing will be scheduled for parents and student to attend.

Off Campus Pass/Early Departure

Off-campus passes must be phoned in. Click here to learn more about Off-Campus Passes/Early Departure instructions.

Contact the Attendance 24-hour Hotline: (858) 780-2020 (option 1). If your student needs to leave early, please call the above number (option 1) at least 2 hours in advance of the departure. Students must pick up their pass from the attendance window before school, during wolverine time or lunch.
Except in an emergency, we do not interrupt the classroom to deliver passes. Leaving campus without a pass will result in Truancy.

When leaving a message on the Hotline, the following information is required. Please speak clearly:

Student's name (spell last name), grade and ID number
Your Name
Relationship to the student
Time student is to be released
When student will return
Reason

Caregiver

Local caregivers with parents living in San Diego County will not be approved. Most caregiver situations involve parents that live in another county, state, or country. Attendance & Discipline may consider local caregivers if there are extenuating circumstances. The student must reside with the designated Caregiver on a regular daily basis.

Students who have caregiver arrangements must have a completed Caregiver Authorization Affidavit renewal form submitted to Westview each school year. The Caregiver Affidavit form is only valid for the school year in which it was signed.

New students to Westview, including incoming 9th graders, must provide both the notarized Assignment of Caregiver as Parent’s Representative and the Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit.

Students may not enroll without a parent or guardian. If a guardian is being appointed, the following must be completed.

Renew Annual

First Time at the School Site

Assignment of Caregiver

Questions and submission: Ritsuko Huth: [email protected]

Change of Residency

If you move, please notify Ritsuko Huth [email protected] and submit two new proofs of residency using this Google form

If the student is living with another family who is providing residency, you will need to complete the Residency Verification and Checklist:

Visit our district website for more information: Poway Unified - Change of Residence (powayusd.com)

To find out Residence of School: Address Lookup