Help Center · Attendance & conduct

Explaining an absence or late

Send the office a note for days your child was marked absent or late — one at a time or all at once.

Parents

When the school marks a child absent or late and no note has come in, Home lists it under Needs you ("3 absences and lates to explain").

  1. Tap Explain on that row, or open Attendance.
  2. At the top, Explain N days opens a panel with every day ticked. Untick any day that had a different reason.
  3. Write one reason and choose Send to the office.
  4. For a single day, use Explain on that day instead.

Days older than two weeks can't be explained from the form. Their row offers Message the office, with the day already typed in.

Know about an absence ahead of time? Use Report a future absence under the banner, or Report an absence on Home.