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Attendance

Consistent attendance is essential for children to learn and make progress. When students are late, picked up early, or absent, they miss instruction. Parents/guardians are responsible for seeing that their children receive instruction in compliance with MN Statute 120A.22. The district’s expectation is that your children will attend school all day, every day that school is in session.

Reporting an absence

Please call the North View Middle School attendance line at 763-585-7250 before 9:30 a.m. on the day your child is absent. When leaving a message, please include your child's name, grade and the reason for the absence.

When a parent/guardian does not call the school, the school may attempt to reach someone at home or at work. It is the parent’s responsibility to furnish the school within three school days the reason for their child’s absence, otherwise the absence will be considered truant.

Appointments

Student safety is our priority. If your child has an appointment during the school day, please send a note with the date and time of the appointment, as well as your signature, and your student will be ready for you to pick up when you arrive at school. To ensure student safety, parent/guardians are asked to present a photo ID when picking up a student and signing them out of school. An adult not listed on the student's record will not be allowed to pick up the student without parent/guardian permission.

Closed campus

The middle school is a closed campus. Under no circumstances may any student leave school property after arriving without parent/guardian permission and office sign out. Any student leaving campus without authorization who returns to the building may be searched.

Tardies

Students who arrive late to school must report to the attendance office for an admit slip. If students do not have an approved excuse, the tardy will be recorded as unexcused. Unexcused tardies will result in detention. The student will be assigned a date to serve detention. 

Extended student absences

Contact the school office and teachers to make prior arrangements for homework for any extended student absence.

Homework requests 

If your child has been absent for three or more consecutive days, you may call the office and request homework. It may be picked up after school on the following day. This request is to be made through the main office or your child’s counselor.

Parent/guardian absence

If you will be away from home and your child will be under the supervision of another person, please call or send a note to the office with the dates you will be away, the name of the person with whom your child will be staying, and telephone numbers where this person may be reached during the school day.

Minnesota law 

The State of Minnesota requires that all children between the ages of six and sixteen attend school every day that school is in session.

Truancy

Truancy is being absent from school or class without the approval of the building authorities. The authority to decide whether an absence is excused or unexcused rests with the building principal. There are no authorized skip days.

Note: Absences due to a missed bus, no clean clothes, staying at home to babysit younger siblings, oversleeping, or chronic medical excuses without a doctor's note are not considered "lawful absences" by a court, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

Attendance Line

763-585-7250