Please read carefully our Attendance Policies and become familiar with the School Calendar.

Attendance Policy for School Year 2020-21

In response to COVID-19, in the spring of 2020 the NYC school system created policies (Open external link) and structures to track student interactions to account for attendance in a remote learning setting. As schools prepare to transition to a blended learning environment in the fall of 2020, New York State (Open external link) is requiring the City to track student attendance for reporting, state aid, and instructional purposes.

 

In SY 2020–21, the DOE will track and follow up upon the attendance for every student every day (Monday through Friday), regardless as to whether those students are engaged in remote or in-person learning, and schools will use the daily attendance values of P=Present and A=Absent for in-class attendance and O=Present and M=Absent for remote attendance.

 

The definition of “present” is as follows:

• In Person: Student is physically present in the classroom / school learning environment for instruction during the scheduled school day.
• Remote: Student is virtually present in a virtual learning environment for synchronous instruction during the scheduled school day.

Blended/in person Instruction: Absent

• Not physically present in the classroom school learning environment for instruction during the scheduled school day.
• In the school building but not attending any classes or not meeting with a guidance counselor or other licensed pedagogue.

Remote Instruction: Absent

• Not virtually present during remote class, remote lesson, or scheduled teacher -student instruction during the scheduled school day.