Reporting a Student Absence

To report a student absence, please email the school site attendance office with your excusal.

The email should contain the following information:

Student's full name
Student ID #
Reason for absence
Name of the person reporting the absence
The email must come from the parent email address listed in Aeries

If you prefer to call in your student's absence, please call the site attendance office and leave the same information listed above.

EXCUSING AN ABSENCE
All absences must be cleared within 72 hours. When excusing an absence, please be sure to include the student's name, date of absence, and reason for absence to avoid any delay in excusing the absence.

If there is an error in your student's attendance, it is the parent's responsibility to address the matter with their students teacher and have the teacher contact the attendance office to make corrections.
When picking up your student early, or calling the office to have your student excused, please allow up to 20 minutes for your student to be brought to the office.

You can click here to see the California Education Code list of acceptable reasons to excuse an absence.

Pre-Approval Excusal for non-excusable reasons

If your student is going to be absent and it does not fall under one of the excusable reasons, you may click the button above to complete our online "Pre-Approval Absence Request".

If you would like to leave a message for the attendance office for any other reason, please call and leave a voice message on your school sites Attendance Line.

Details about the District Attendance Policies can be found in the Student Handbook.

Short-term Independent Study

Short term independent study may be available to students who plan to be absent, due to a trip or non-medical reason, for a period of at least five (5) school days and not to extend more than fourteen (14) school days. Requests must be submitted AT LEAST ten (10) school days prior to the absence. There are no Independent Study Agreements issued for the first or last twenty (20) school days of the year. For additional policy information on short-term independent study agreements, click HERE.

Excessive Excused Absences
Per LUSD Administrative Regulation (AR) 5113(c), after a student has had 3 consecutive and/or 10 total absences verified by a parent for illness, any further absences must be verified by a physician.