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Attendance Policies & Reporting

At PUSD, our priority is the success of your child.  We recognize that a key ingredient to student success is consistent school attendance - missing school equates to missed learning opportunities.  Good attendance is a shared responsibility between the student, family, school, and district; we welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with all families to ensure that PUSD students develop and maintain good attendance habits. 

Research shows that attending school every day can: 

  • Boost students’ self-esteem and overall feelings about school 
  • Improve mental health through social interaction, friendship development, empathy, and lasting peer relationships 
  • Enhance learning and increase graduation rates 

How parents/guardians can support good attendance: 

  • Let your child know that good attendance is important 
  • Schedule appointments and activities after school or on the weekends; plan vacations around school holidays and school breaks 
  • Build routines that support attending and arriving on time to school; plan the night before (choose clothes, load backpacks), set a reasonable bedtime, limit the use of electronic devices, use an alarm clock in the morning and try to arrive to school ten minutes before the start of class 
  • Keep open lines of communication with your child, teacher, principal and school attendance office 
  • Let the school know if your child is going to be absent or tardy and indicate the reason 
  • Reach out to the school if you have any concerns about your child’s academic, behavioral, social or emotional well-being 

Parent monitoring of attendance: 

Parents can access their student’s attendance daily through the ParentVUE Portal. If you would like to create your account, please go to ParentVUE website and click “Request Account Activation” or you can reach out to your child’s school to request an activation key  

PUSD attendance activities include: 
  • Informing staff, students and families about the importance of regular school attendance 
  • Promoting attendance campaigns/messaging 
  • Recognizing students for outstanding and improved attendance  
  • Implementing early interventions and outreach for students with attendance challenges (phone calls, letters, conferences, check-ins) 
  • Engaging with families to identify root causes of absences  
  • Linking families to district and community resources 
  • Conducting home visits 
  • Facilitating Student Attendance Review Team (SART) meetings 
  • Collaborating with community partners and agencies 
  • Referring families to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB)