Attendance Procedures

It is the responsibility of the guardian to contact the attendance office and state the reason for your child's absence. Only guardians or a person on the student’s approved list can excuse an absence, late arrival, or release a student from school. For your convenience a phone answering machine will be in operation 24 hours 7 days a week. Please call before 8:45 a.m. if your child is going to be late or absent from school. The attendance office number is 816-359-4121. A guardian may report an absence or late arrival through the absence request on the portal. We cannot accept early releases through the Absence Request on the portal.

Students unaccounted for will be placed on a telephone call list. The attendance office will contact those guardians on the same day of the absence either by manual or an automated calling system. The automated message will explain the absentee situation and request the guardian's assistance. For partial day absences, guardians may view the student’s attendance on Infinite Campus to identify which classes have been marked absent.

If the absences have not been excused by a guardian within 48 hours, they will need to speak with an administrator to have a status of an absence changed. Park Hill South does not accept handwritten or email notifications to excuse absences.

After a student’s 5th tardy, guardians will receive an email notifying them of the number of tardies and potential consequences if the student continues being tardy.

  

All students leaving early must report directly to the attendance office. When students leave the campus during the school day, a telephone call from the guardian and a pass secured from the attendance office is required. We cannot accept early releases through the Absence Request on the portal. When requesting an early release, please call as early as possible in the morning. If you are unable to call in the morning, we ask that a minimum of 30 minutes is allowed for ample time to locate your student. For your convenience, you do not need to come into the building to pick up your student. Your student will meet you outside ready at the time you requested for the pass.

There are many occasions when the attendance office experiences a high volume of calls. If you reach our voicemail, please do not hang up and call again. Leaving a message will keep your place in line and will allow us to assist you more quickly. Voice messages receive priority over incoming calls.

The following information will help when you call the attendance line:

1. Student's name and spelling of last name
2. Your name and relationship to the student
3. Grade of student
4. Reason for absence

Personal items (lunch money, clothes, homework, etc.) needed during the day need to be dropped off by a guardian or person listed in the student's Infinite Campus. However, only a guardian or person on the student's approved list can drop off food, which cannot be from a restaurant. Deliveries from DoorDash, GrubHub, etc. will not be accepted per PH Student handbook policy.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your student's attendance, you may contact attendance at 816-359-4121.

If you need to speak with an administrator regarding your student's attendance, they are assigned by last name.

Dr. Rob Milner (A-E)
Dr. Kristian Foster (F-L)
Mrs. Sarah McKenna (M-R)
Mr. Jacob Kelow (S-Z)