Report an Absence
REPORT AN ABSENCE
To report an absence, late arrival or request an early check out for a student, parents/guardians can choose from the following options:
- Call the attendance line at 703-715-4545 and choose the appropriate number for your student's grade level (see below).
- Use our online attendance form.
- Email [email protected].
- Provide a hand written note delivered to the sub-school.
Dial the appropriate number for your student's sub school:
1: Class of 2027 (9th - Freshmen) - Melissa LaBare @email
2: Class of 2026 (10th - Sophomores) - Kelly Stiehl @email
3: Class of 2025 (11th - Juniors) - Mojdeh Nejad @email
4: Class of 2024 (12th - Seniors) - Suzanne Bruens @email
5: Special Education Program
6: Spanish Attendance Line
Parent/guardian signed absence notes, emails, or telephone messages should include the following information:
- spelling of the student’s name
- student’s ID number
- reason for the absence, including symptoms, if applicable
- your relationship to the student
- daytime phone number for the parent/guardian
*NOTE - Early morning messages take time to process. Your student’s absence will be excused when the information is retrieved. Please only call again if you receive the evening automated call out message.
**NOTE - Students cannot excuse their own absence (including 18-year-old students); the parent/guardian must report an excused absence.
Please be specific about the reason why your student will not be attending school today.
- Student illness
- If your student is ill, indicate their symptoms (fever, nausea, vomiting, sore throat and/or cough, etc.)
- If your child has a diagnosis from a health care provider, please include that information
- Medical appointment
- Observance of a religious/cultural holiday
- Civic engagement/court appearance
- Death in the family/funeral
An absence is considered unexcused if the parent/guardian does not have prior knowledge/consent of the absence. In those cases, UNX will be recorded. If a reported absence is not one of the county specified reasons for an excused absence, it will be recorded as UNL. Reasons that this code will be used include:
- Family and/or student vacations (UNL)
- College visits, non-school related athletic tournaments/showcases or activities, etc. (UNL)
- Childcare situations (UNL)
- Missed school bus (UNX)
- The bus not showing up is EXC as it is out of the student’s control
- Oversleeping (UNX)
- Other reasons unacceptable to the principal or his/her designee.
This definition holds for all day and period absences.
**UNL allows for students to make up work within a timeframe that is agreed upon with the teacher.
Parents/Guardians have 72 hours to contact the school when a student is marked Unverified. If we don’t hear from you then the absence becomes Unexcused.
Prearranged Absences:
Parents are encouraged to minimize absences during school hours, and to plan family trips and vacations during school holidays. Requests for prearranged absences for longer than one school day, must be submitted within a reasonable time (three to five school days in advance) for the school to review. Requests should be restricted to outlined excused absences, and/or significant hardships which prevent the student from attending school and are subject to administrator review/approval. They will be coded as UNL, unless due to hardship or one of the excused reasons.