In Weber School District all attendance credit loss over .75 must be made up before graduation and to meet eligibility requirements for athletics, team events, student government, and all other activities in which students represent any WSD High School.

Students who need to make up attendance credit loss (more than .75 overall credit loss), are required to accomplish community service requirements. Every 10 hours of community service (off campus) worked will reinstate .25 attendance credit. Community service credit will be awarded after necessary fees are paid to the bookkeeper. A $15 fee is charged per .25 attendance credit loss, with a maximum limit of $90 fee for a student’s high school career. The receipt for payment of these fees must be attached to the community service credit sheet/contract obtained from the school attendance coordinator. 

Guidelines:
Community service hours and other attendance recovery options can only be made up at pre-approved sites and must be pre-approved by the attendance coordinator. 

• The attendance coordinator may contact any person/organization associated with attendance credit make-up to verify a student’s performance and/or hours worked.
• Community service hours worked at a non-approved site will not count toward attendance credit make-up. Hours worked must be on-site, in the presence of the approved supervisor, and work cannot be taken home to complete.
• Approved supervisors cannot be related to the student nor have a personal connection to the student/family.  
• Students may not miss any class time to make up hours. If this is the case, the hours worked while the student was missing class will not be counted.
• Only 100 hours will be accepted at any one site/organization.
• Students may not receive pay or other benefits for hours worked.
• Organizations must be non-profit and community based. 
• Hours worked must be documented on the school’s community service credit sheet/contract and signed by the pre-approved supervisor.
• All work completed for a teacher or school must be turned in during the quarter the work is completed.

Attendance Recovery Options:
(Note: all options may not be offered at each school)

• Parent/Teacher Conferences: Pre-approved from the attendance coordinator. Students may earn .50 for volunteering. Offered during 2nd and 3rd terms only.  
• Attendance Credit Recovery Class: Offered 4 times per year. The class will consist of 15 total hours and will restore up to 1.50 of attendance credit loss. This class may be taken two times per school year. 
• Clean Quarter:  A student attending one quarter without losing attendance credit for absences/tardies in any class may restore one full previous quarter of attendance credit loss (.25). This make up option may be used more than once. If you are a SENIOR, the clean quarter does not apply during 4th quarter. There is no limit to the amount of “clean quarters” that can be earned! Clean quarters must however be earned during the year in which they are used to restore attendance credit loss. 
• Two Weeks Perfect Attendance: 10 consecutive school days with no absences or tardies. Restores .25 of attendance credit loss. May be used multiple times.
• School Marathon Events: (ie. Walk/Run/Crawl, etc. (typically, the running number or a stamped form after the race must be turned in.)
• PTSA Event Volunteers: Students may volunteer up to 60 hours maximum.  
• Career Day Attendance/Participation: Attend the school sponsored career day. Valid for 20 days after completion.
• School Service Hours: To encourage students with attendance issues to “give back” to the school/district. These activities include but are not limited to...cleanup after games/activities, weeding and planting, etc. (Can be done at any school within WSD.)
• Fundraisers: Any fundraiser that involves the exchange of a product, ie. food items, certificates etc. will not be allowed for community service hours.

Other volunteer places/work options:
Local library, local museums, Weber County Parks Department, Weber County Nutrition, Eccles Art Center, Dinosaur Park, Nature Center, Bird Refuge, Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Ogden Rescue Mission, Hands for Hope Charity, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Children’s Justice Center, Weber County Recreation, Emeritus Estates, New Beginnings Animal Rescue, St. Anne’s Center, Ogden/Weber Community Action, Mtn. View Health Services, Pro-Axis Disabled Services, Stoney Brook Asst. Living, Beehive Homes Assist. Living, Trapper Trails Council, Ogden City Police Department, Manor Care, Junior League of Ogden, Youth Impact, Christmas Box House, United Way of Northern Utah, Weber County Fairgrounds.  

10/2014