PICKUP PATROL – PickUP Patrol (PUP) is used for reporting student absences along with any changes in your child's normal dismissal plan. If your child will be absent, please enter that information into PUP by 9am. To do this, go into the PUP app, click on the PLAN icon, and use the dropdown menu to choose ABSENT, and add the reason in the box below. This will be your child's excuse note.

SAFE ARRIVAL – If you don't use the PickUP Patrol (PUP) app, please call (484) 266-1710 by 9 am to report an absence or will be late. Please send in a completed excuse form when your child returns

NURSE EXCLUSIONS - In accordance with the WCASD Attendance Policy, please note that Nurse Exclusions designated "NN" (students sent home before 12 noon) will count as an absence. Nurse Exclusions designated "NE" (students sent home after 12 noon) will not count as an absence.

FAMILY VACATION REQUESTS - When you are planning a vacation, please submit a Family Vacation Request Form. District policy allows for five (5) Excused Vacation days per school year. Any vacation days taken beyond the five will be considered "Unexcused." If your vacation is extended, please notify the school office using PUP.

TARDY - If your child is tardy, please bring them to the main office for a late slip. PLEASE DO NOT DROP YOUR CHILD OFF AT THE BACK DOOR.

When your student has ten (10) consecutive days of unlawful absence: Unless the district has been provided with evidence that the absence may be legally excused or the district is pursuing compulsory attendance prosecution, a student will be dropped from the district's active attendance roll after ten (10) consecutive school days of absence. Removal from the district’s active attendance roll does not remove the person in parental relations’ compulsory attendance obligations for a student of compulsory attendance age. The district will comply with state and federal law when disenrolling a student with an IEP.

1. Where the district is made aware that the family will be taking a prolonged trip exceeding the use of the allowable fifteen (15) parent notes, the student will be withdrawn from the district.
    
2. When a student is dropped from the district’s attendance roll, or withdrawn from the district, and subsequently re-enrolls in the district during the same school year, absences prior to un-enrollment will be cumulative with absences after re-enrollment. For example, if all parental excused absences were utilized prior to withdrawal, the student will not have additional parental excused absences after re-enrollment during the same school year.