- H. W. Mountz School
- School Absence
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SCHOOL ABSENCE-Excused/Unexcused
Please remember to call the absentee line 418 for illness or unexcused day. Please do not only email the teacher.
Readmission to school after an illness absence/suspected communicable disease:
1. A student who has been absent for reasons of having/being suspected of having a communicable disease (see Exclusion List) must present to the school nurse written evidence of being free of communicable disease. Evidence that a student is free of communicable disease will consist of a note from a qualified physician who has personally examined the student, in accordance with policy 8451.
~No student who has had a communicable disease will be readmitted to school until a physician’s certificate indicating the symptoms of the disease have ceased has been provided to the Principal or the school nurse.
Spring Lake Borough-Communicable Disease Policy 8451
2. A student returning from an absence of any length of time must provide a written statement that is dated and signed by the parents listing the reason for the absence. An email sent to Nurse Koch or Mrs. Campbell is an acceptable form of notification as per policy 5200.