EARLY DISMISSAL OF STUDENTS

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It is the policy of the Mountain Brook Board of Education that students may be dismissed from school prior to the end of the school day provided that the following conditions are met:

1.   The reason for leaving school is appropriate, such determination to be made by the school principal or his or her designee.

2.   The parent or legal guardian provides written notice to the school principal or his or her designee.  Such notice should be given at or near the beginning of the school day during which the absence will occur.

3.   A student who attends elementary school is picked up by his or her parent or guardian at the office of the principal.  A student who attends junior high school or senior high school may be permitted to leave school alone if permission to do so has been granted by his or her parent or guardian and by the school principal or his or her designee. 

Illness

If a student becomes ill prior to the end of the school day, he or she may be dismissed early in accordance with the following procedures:

1.  The school principal or his or her designee shall verify by telephone that the student’s parent or guardian is aware of the dismissal of the student and is able to take responsibility for his or her supervision.

2.  If said student attends elementary school, his or her parent or guardian must personally pick up the student at the office of the principal.

3.   A high school student or a junior high school student may be permitted to leave school alone provided that permission to do so has been granted by his or her parent or guardian and by the school principal or his or her designee.

Parent Designee

Adopted:  January 22, 1979