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Attendance

Attendance is critical to the success of your child in school.Students attending Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center are expected to meet the following guidelines in reference to their daily attendance:

  • The parent/guardian must call in the absence at (317) 988-7600 before 11:00 a.m.
  • Parent/guardian will be contacted for any students who we do not receive a call for at 11:00 a.m.
  • When possible, a truancy officer will be sent out periodically.
  • In order to verify a student's absence and keep them in good standing, a parent should send documentation verifying the student's absence (such as a doctor's note) with the student the day they return to school. Our fax number is (317) 988-7698.
  • All written documentation (medical or otherwise) to excuse absences must be submitted to the attendance secretary in the main office. If no documentation is received, the absence will remain unexcused.
  • Any student that arrives after 8:30 a.m. with no written documentation will be counted tardy and must check in at the 1st floor main office before reporting to class. Students will be assigned disciplinary consequences for excessive AM tardies to school.

The attendance consequences for students with an excessive amount of unexcused AM tardies or absences are as follows:

  • Restriction from gaining a driver’s license or invalidation of a driver’s license
  • Lunch detention
  • In-School suspension
  • Restriction from participating in or attendance at extracurricular events
  • Truancy office sent to home with a legal notice
  • Referral to Truancy Court
  • Referral of parent/guardian to court for educational neglect
  • Removal from Ben Davis 9th Grade Center and placement in an alternative school setting.