Valid Cause of Absence Note
CPS Policy states that students can only be excused from school for the following reasons:
✔Student illness
✔Observance of a religious holiday
✔Death in the immediate family
✔Family emergency
✔Circumstances which cause reasonable concern to you for your child’s safety or health
Please Note: Family vacations and family trips will NOT be excused. All student absences, regardless if they are excused are included in the school attendance percentage.