PLEASE NOTE:

The online attendance reporting form will no longer be used.  Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, families can report all-day absences using ParentVUE.  More information will be posted before the start of the school year.  Meanwhile, the phone number to report absences remains in use.  

Click here for more information about the change to ParentVUE for reporting all-day attendance.

General Information

It is a student's responsibility to attend school regularly, on time, and follow assigned schedules. When students must miss school the following procedures must be followed:

All Day Absences

• Must be excused by a parent or guardian by using one of these methods.
  • Calling the Attendance Line at 703-219-2211 
    • Last Name (A-Lee) - Press 1
    • Last Name (Lef-Z) - Press 2
    • Spanish Speaking - Press 3
• ParentVUE (click to access ParentVUE)

Parents/guardians have three (3) days to excuse the absence.

If you receive a call-out message, and believe it is in error, please have your student check with the classroom teacher for that period.

Early Dismissal

• Planned Check Out - (medical appointment or other excused absence):
  • send a note or the Check-out form with your student to bring to the Attendance Desk in the Main Office upon arrival to school; student will receive a pink check-out pass.
  • If you do not send in a note with your student, please print, complete, and sign the Check-out form. Please have your student return the completed form to the Attendance Office at the start of the school day for processing. 
• Students must sign out at the Attendance Desk in the Main Office before leaving school (if your student brought in a note or parents emailed a note, parents do not need to come into the school). If the student fails to sign out, the absence will not be excused.
• If returning to school, the student must sign in at the Attendance Desk in the Main Office before returning to class.
• Students who become ill, must go to the clinic to call home; they may only check out from the clinic.
• We cannot accept phone calls for early dismissal. We need written documentation or an in-person check out.

Late Arrivals

Students arriving after 8:30 a.m. must:

• First report to the Attendance Desk in the Main Office to obtain a blue tardy pass to class. Students will be assigned an Excused Late Arrival or an Unexcused Late Arrival. Students who are late for an excused reason must:
  • Bring a note from parent/guardian; or
  • Bring in the Check-in form; or
  • Provide a note from the appointment
• Parent/guardian should call the Attendance Line 703-219-2211 to inform the school about the late arrival.

Prearranged Absences - absences for more than one (1) day

• Request for Pre-arranged Absence must be completed by parent and signed by the assistant principal or administrator before teachers will be asked to sign off on the absence form. 
• Parent, student, and administrator will review FCPS attendance policies and procedures.
• Pre-arranged absence form will then be submitted to the teacher for signature. 

Attendance Phone Numbers

• Attendance Line: 703-219-2211
  • Last Name (A-Lee) - Press 1
  • Last Name (Lef-Z) - Press 2
  • Spanish Speaking - Press 3