24 Hour Absent All Day* Attendance Line @ (951) 294-6451

Please call 951/294-6450 

Our Direct Fax # 951/294-6469

Estella Perez- PT Attendance Clerk - 7:15 am - 11:15 am - ext. 23023  eperez3@tvusd.us

Robbi Mass - PT Attendance Clerk - 10:45am - 2:45pm - ext. 23033 rmass@tvusd.us

Juan Carbajal - Attendance Intervention - ext. 23060 jcarbajal@tvusd.us

Absences can be validated by calling 951-294-6451, utilizing the web page, or emailing gohs-attendance@tvusd.us, or with a medical documentation. Once a reason for an absence has been received and recorded by the Attendance Office it cannot be changed unless there is documentation provided (ie: Doctor's visit receipt/note, Court documents, etc.). If the Attendance Office has not received notification from a parent/guardian within 2 days after an absence, then the absence will then be marked as a Truant absence.

Parents/Guardians have 15 days from the date of the initial absence to change the Truant mark to the correct reason for the absence (ie: illness, doctor, dental, personal business, college visits, etc.).

If, after 15 days, the Truant mark remains, the student's name is given to the Truancy Intervention Specialist. The student may then be called into the Office to determine the nature of the Truancy.

Great Oak High School uses Caller ID to verify that we are speaking to a parent. Please be sure to update your contact information and preferences in your Infinite Campus parent portal.  You manage your own settings. Click here for the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. 

Students who are LATE to school, arriving after 8:30a.m., but before 9:00a.m., need to report directly to class. These tardies are handled by the classroom teachers. The only exception is if your student has an actual Dr/DDS note to bring in for that day. 

If arriving AFTER 9:00 a.m. students are considered tardy-truant and they must check in at the Attendance Office. They will receive a Tardy Pass.  If they come in with a note from a parent/guardian it's an excused tardy*, if they do not have a note they may bring one in the following day or a parent may call us to clear or excuse the tardy-truant.

*Please note: If arriving before 9:00, then it is the individual teachers' discretion to accept a note or tardy slip as "Excused". If excused tardy is denied by teacher it's usually due to too many notes and/or tardies.

When it is necessary for a student to leave during the school day, please follow the procedure below:

• Parent/Guardian calls the school phone number @ 951-294-6450, ext 23003. .
• Leave the student's name, spell the last name
• Your relationship to the student
• The time you need the student released
• The reason they need to leave
• Phone number where we can reach you if needed

Or…

• A note can be sent with the student to bring to the Attendance Office. Have the student bring the note to the Attendance Office before school, at Break/Lunch or between classes. Students are not to bring notes to the Attendance Office during class time.

Upon receipt of either of the above, the student will be given an Attendance Early Release 5 Star Student pass. Students cannot leave without an Early Release 5 Star Student pass. Doing so will result in a Truancy and a referral to Administration. A parent phone call received after the fact cannot clear the Truant mark or clear from discipline that the student may receive.  If the student returns the same day, please have them sign in with attendance before going to class, whether it's lunch, break, or passing period. 

The Attendance Office values teacher instruction time and will not call into rooms to release students from class. Please understand that when you come into our office it will take up to an hour for us to get your student. Our policy states that parents/guardians call at least an hour ahead of the time they need the student released. 

If the early release request is an emergency, calling ahead can expedite the process for you.