Report an Absence / Report and Absence

The JBHS Attendance Desk can help students and families report absences, excuse absences, and obtain off-schedules to leave campus early.

Families can communicate with the Attendance Technicians in the following ways:

Hand-written note from parent/guardian/caregiver, delivered to the attendance desk

Phone call to the attendance desk

Ms. Jennifer Harris, Sr. Attendance Technician 818-729-6900 x 61933

Ms. Erika Barragan, Attendance Technician 818-729-6900 x 61931

Email JBHSATTENDANCE@BURBANKUSD.ORG

An option to report a full-day absence is available through the JBHS App.

Burbank Unified School District urges parents/guardians/caregivers to make sure their students attend school regularly and on time to remain compliant with state and county laws. Families can help their students in the following ways:

Encourage your student to attend class regularly and promptly

Review your student’s attendance and tardy information in Aeries

Schedule medical and other appointments after school and on holidays

Avoid scheduling vacations and travel while school is in session

Absences from school may be excused or unexcused. Absences are typically excused for the following reasons:

Medical, dental, orthodontic, or optometry appointment

Mental health

Court appointment

College or employment appointment

DMV appointment

Religious holiday, ceremony, instruction, or retreat

For a comprehensive list of excused absences, please see the Burbank Unified School District’s Annual Notification to Parents: https://www.burbankusd.org/Page/1332

For an excused absence, a parent/guardian/caregiver must notify the JBHS attendance desk within three (3) days if a student misses school due to absence.

Picking Up Students Early/Leaving Early
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- Leaving school without permission is treated as a truancy and the consequences are the same. Notes from the parent after the fact are invalid and will not be honored.
- When picking your student up early from school for any reason, please send a note with your student in the morning and have them bring it into the main office before school starts. A parent/guardian’s signature is required; therefore, phone calls are not accepted.
- In the event that your child becomes ill and calls or texts you, please direct them to the nurse’s office. From there, you will be called to pick up your child if necessary.
- You will be unable to pick up your child during lunch or 15 minutes prior to the end of any school day unless a note has been submitted that morning.
- Please be advised that emergency contacts ARE NOT AUTHORIZED to pick up students early.
- If your student has a lunch pass (11^th and 12^th graders only) they are excused for lunch only. If they have a medical appointment during lunchtime, they MUST obtain an off-schedule from the office PRIOR to leaving campus.
- If your student should become ill during lunch and is on campus, they should proceed to the nurse’s office. If they are already home and become ill, the parent must call the attendance office and report it immediately, the same day, or else it will not be excused.
- A lunch pass does not excuse a student beyond the lunch period.
Unless you have given us prior notification, you will be unable to pick up your child between the hours of:

12:31PM - 12:56PM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Students will be in their (AE) Academic Excellence class and we will not be able to retrieve them.
Arriving Late

If a student arrives late to school, the student should bring a note from their parent/guardian/medical office to the attendance office BEFORE going to class.

Students are excused for medical (doctor, orthodontic, chiropractic, dental, etc.), passport, court, DMV appointments, or if they are feeling sick in the morning. Tardiness due to car problems, personal business, and family emergencies are NOT excused.
Attendance Procedures

Picking Up Students Early/Leaving Early

Arriving Late

Attendance Procedures