Worry of missing out

Strong Attendance Matters
Daily attendance is one of the strongest predictors of academic success. Please ensure your child is present every day unless ill. Here is our Attendance Policy for students and families.

Timeliness to School
Students should arrive by 9:15 am so they are ready to begin promptly at 9:30 am. Being on time sets the tone for a productive day.

The Lee Academy Pilot School will continue our “Importance of Attendance'' initiative for the year of 2025-2026. We are committed to ensuring every student at our school receives a high quality education. Consistent attendance is a crucial component to academic success so we are striving for each and every student across all grade levels to have a 94% attendance rate or higher this year. That is the equivalent of less than 10 absences for the year. Attendance of our students is critical to their future academic success. School attendance is equally as important for our youngest learners as it is when students get older. Students are not required by law to be enrolled in school in those early grades, however when you make the commitment of enrolling your student in school you are committing to abide by our attendance policy. 

We will work with families to ensure that students come to school, but if families are unresponsive or noncommittal then we are legally required to refer the case to the Supervisor of Attendance and truancy court.

Our goal is for your child to be successful in school and we appreciate your ongoing support. 

We are a team! 

If your student is going to absent, late or dismissed early caregivers should:

• Call the front office
• Message the classroom teacher
• Follow through with a note. 

Caregivers must physically write a note including date(s), the reason for absence, a phone number where a parent or caregiver can be reached, and the parent or caregiver’s signature. 

What is an excused absence?

• Medical appointment or illness that took place during the school day 
• Court appearance 
• Religious holiday
• Death of an immediate family member (parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin)

What is an unexcused absence?

• Family vacations in or out of the country 
• Providing child care for siblings or relatives 

For more information, please contact Family Liaison, Miss Govi (gtovar@bostonpublicschools.org) or the main office at 617-635-8618.