September is Attendance Awareness Month!

Our department is holding a contest in honor of Attendance Awareness Month for all school levels! See the flyers below to participate and possibly win a cool prize!

Why Is Attendance Important?

If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.

If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.

Click here to see our GUSD Truancy Flowchart

Attendance Overview

In California students with poor attendance or behavior are dropping out of school in alarming numbers. Parents need to understand their role in establishing a pattern of regular school attendance. Glendale Unified School District welcomes open and effective communications, such as meetings with administration, teachers, counselors and connecting through Parent Connection.

California Compulsory Attendance Law

California compulsory education law requires everyone between the ages of six and eighteen years of age to attend school, except sixteen and seventeen-year-olds who have graduated from high school or passed the California High School Proficiency Exam and obtained parental permission to leave. Some students, however, violate compulsory education laws and have a pattern of unexcused absences. Although truancy and excessive absenteeism are not new problems, they cause costly, long-term problems for the students, school, and the community. Excessive absences can be harmful to a student’s ability to develop good academic, social, and work skills.

Compulsory School Attendance | Armenian   Spanish   Korean

Attendance Matters Letter Armenian   Spanish Korean