Attendance
Attendance and Student Absences
Please call the Bannes office between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. on the day of the absence. If you fail to contact the office,
we will call to verify your child's absence.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
Arrival
Students should not arrive before 7:50 a.m. Staff on duty will begin to bring students into the school at 7:50 and 7:55 a.m.
K & 1 will enter through the front doors
2 & 3 will enter through the front doors.
4 & 5 will enter through the South doors.
Students arriving after the 8:00 bell will be marked tardy and must be signed in by parent.
Dismissal
Ivy League (after school care), and car riders will be dismissed first.
Bus riders will be dismissed through the West doors (main entrance) at 2:22.
Car riders will be dismissed through the south door. They will enter their cars along the south sidewalk.
Walkers will be dismissed when all cars and busses have left school property.
Car riders
If you drive to school we ask for your cooperation when dropping off and picking up your children.
Please follow the marked arrows through the gates on the south side of the building.
Drive slowly and remain alert.
Children should exit their car on the PASSENGER side, closest to the sidewalk.
Parents who choose to park on the street and walk their child to school be conscious of the "No Parking" zones at the corner of 169th Place and Odell. This will assist with optimum visibility by oncoming cars.
In the interest of safety for all our students, please do not call your child back to your car once
they have exited in the morning or entered the car in the afternoon. Our patrol has been advised not to let students back into
the car lanes. At arrival, if your child has left something in the car, please call one of the adults over or park in our parking
lot and bring the item into school. At dismissal, if your child needs to return to the building, please park and wait until the
bus riders and walkers have left the school grounds. As always, thank you for your cooperation.
Vacations
Kirby School District 140 strongly encourages families to take vacations during school non-attendance times. In the event your child will be absent from school due to a vacation, the absence will be considered unexcused. Upon their return to school, they will receive information on missed assignments and class work/homework. Any work missed due to vacations will not be included in the child’s grade average.
Teachers are not expected to re-teach material missed during the unexcused time away from school. We consider the time spent in the classroom essential to the overall educational experience. While we understand that there are occasions students must miss school due to family obligations, we ask that you help us in our mission to emphasize the value of education by making sure your child’s absence from school is kept to a minimum.
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