Ridgecrest Elementary Attendance Policy.
Attendance Goal: All students will attend school at least 95% of the school year. In order to achieve this goal, students cannot miss more than 8 days of school for the year.
School attendance is very important. Every absence from school interferes with your child’s opportunity to learn. There is a growing body of research showing that Chronic Absenteeism, usually defined by researchers as missing 10% or more of the school year (including excused and unexcused absences), has a significant negative effect on student achievement and may put a student at academic risk. The goal for Ridgecrest Elementary is that all students miss no more than 5% of the school year, in an effort to help every student be successful now and in the future.