Children cannot be dropped off at school before the "official" district drop-off time of 8:30 am.

WCASD ATTENDANCE POLICY: PLEASE REFER TO WCASD WEBSITE FOR THE COMPLETE POLICY.

1. Call the Safe Arrival Line 484-266-1310 by 9:00 a.m. on the days your child is absent from school or will be late. This number is dedicated for the Safe Arrival Line and voice mail is available before and after school hours. Please note: The phone call is not in place of sending a note. Please send a signed WCASD EXCUSE FORM (required by state law) when your child returns to school after an absence. If this note is not returned within 3 school days, the absence will be considered unexcused at the kindergarten level and illegal for grades one through five. (For filing purposes, please use the WCASD Excuse Form, which can be obtained from the school office or online at the MCH website and not notepaper or personal stationery).

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2. 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.

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will be taking a prolonged trip exceeding the use of the allowable fifteen (15) parent notes, the student will be withdrawn from the district.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 When a student is dropped from the district’s attendance roll, or withdrawn from the district, and subsequently re-enrolls in the district during the same school year, absences prior to un-enrollment will be cumulative with absences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.