Doors open for students at 7:15 a.m.

School hours are 7:45 a.m. to 3:01 p.m.

The office is open from 7:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Students arriving at 7:45 a.m. or later are considered tardy. They will need to check in with the office and get a tardy pass before going to class.

If your student is going to be late or absent, please contact our office at (316) 794-4030 or email dissecretaries@goddardusd.com so we can mark their attendance properly. We contact the guardians of students that are absent that have not been called in to ensure the student's safety.

Below is the attendance policy from our student handbook.

K-8 ATTENDANCE POLICY (ABSENCE/TARDY)

Each regularly enrolled pupil at Goddard USD 265, grade K-8, shall attend school in accordance with the compulsory school attendance law. Absences, which accompany valid excuses, will be excused. An absence is unexcused without a valid excuse. The principal or their assistant principal(s) shall be responsible for determining the validity of offered excuses for absence from school. Unexcused absences may result in disciplinary action appropriate to each grade level, which includes, but is not limited to, detention, in-school suspension, or Saturday School. Unexcused absences may also result in a student being reported to appropriate authorities. Students with excessive absences may be required to provide additional documentation.

The following are deemed as valid excuses within the limits of the attendance policy:

● Personal illness and professional appointments;

● Serious illness or death of a member of the family;

● Obligatory religious observances;

● Obligatory court appearances;

● Participation in a district-approved or school sponsored activity;

● Family emergencies requiring the student’s presence at home;

● Absences prearranged by parents and approved by the principal;

● College visits, which are excused up to 5 or 2 days for high school seniors and juniors respectively; and

● Students of active duty personnel may have additional excused absences at the discretion of the District for visitations relative to leave or deployment.

Administrators will communicate with parents to ensure every effort is made to encourage regular school attendance by all students. Letters will be mailed, per compulsory school attendance law, when students receive three (3) consecutive unexcused absences or five (5) unexcused absences in a semester or seven (7) unexcused absences in a school year. In addition, a letter will be mailed when any student accumulates ten (10) or more absences, excused or unexcused, in one semester.