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No-Show students are students that are enrolled in the district for the first time and never but do not attend.
Columbus City Schools refers to "No Show" students as those who
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are enrolled but never show up to the enrolled school.
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Once the student doesn't show, the student should be moved to the
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course N90130 - NO SHOW (this can be done as soon as the second day of school).
Attendance needs to be taken every day while efforts to find the student are made.
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the student
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cannot be
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located in a reasonable amount of time (two weeks or more) or a record request is received, a withdraw should be submitted through the CCSDAS.
The withdraw date should be the summer withdraw date or if student enrolled after that date, the withdraw should match the date of enrollment.
Withdraw code "81" student reported in error" needs to be used for all "No Show" students.
Unable to Locate students are students that are enrolled, and have attended at some point in the year, but have stopped attending without notice.
"Unable to Locate" are
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students that
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attended a day or more in the current school year and stopped attending without notice.
As the name implies, these are students that a record request has not been received, no contact can be made with the family and there is no way to verify where or if the student is currently attending school.
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The blocker course N90135 - UNABLE TO LOCATE should be used for these students that cannot be found.
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When "No Show" or "Unable to Locate" blockers are used, |
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it is the responsibility of the schools' staff to attempt to locate students who have stopped attending. Work with your school's Social Worker and School Attendance Team to document any attempts to locate these students on the Unable to Locate Checklist. All attempts to ensure students stay with CCS should be exhausted. |
Steps for Locating No Show and Unable to Locate Students
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Students cannot be withdrawn for non-attendance. It is important to note that once a parent has been located (or student, if the student is 18 years old), the student is no longer considered “Unable to Locate”. The school must continue to make attempts to reengage this student in their learning. |
If the student has reached18 reached 18 years old and indicates that they do not wish to continue attending school and want to withdraw themselves, the Withdrawal Form can be found on this page: https://columbus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC/pages/133235046/Forms
Process Withdrawal: Proceed to withdraw the student on the CCSDAS:
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There are several reasons why a student may not have shown up to the school. Some of these reasons are: |
Reason student did not return | What needs to be done | Note: |
Student is going to be attending another school. | School can process a withdrawal once a records request or other notification from the new school has been received. School may need to contact the new school and ask them to fax/email a request. | Written documentation from the new school must be received. |
School has not been able to get in contact with the parent/guardian to find out where the student is now attending. | Complete the steps in the Unable to Locate Checklist. Once all steps have been completed over a 15 day period, the school can process a withdrawal. | The school cannot end date a student's schedule, the student's schedule will be ended during the withdraw process. Attendance needs to be taken every day until the student is withdrawn. Withdraw code 74 or 81 accordingly. |
Student has turned 18 and no longer wishes to continue his/her education. | Student (not parent/guardian) must sign a withdrawal form. The signed withdrawal form is completed and the school can process a withdrawal. Withdraw date used is date the form was signed. | Signed withdrawal form must be received. |
Any other reason | Contact your Student Data Specialist to best determine the proper course of action. | If you have any questions, please ask! |
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Important Tips!All students must have schedules, even if they are going to be withdrawn. Students must continue to be marked absent daily, until they are withdrawn. All efforts must be made to ensure student withdrawals are completed in a timely manner. |
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