attendance Archives - The Tam News

Unofficial attendance policy violates California Education Code

By Kennedy Cook and Lola Leuterio • Jun 24, 2019

The policy limits adult students to 10 self-excused absences, after which they must be excused by a parent or guardian. This is inconsistent with California Education Code 46012.

Tam’s New Attendance Enforcement

By Milo Levine • Oct 26, 2017

This year the administration has amped up its attendance enforcement to counter Tam’s abysmal absence and tardiness record. “Tam High [absences] are excessive … for our district [and] excessive for...

Attendance Team Tackles Absences

By Samantha Locke and Elissa Asch • Mar 7, 2016

Assistant Principal Wendy Stratton and a group of teachers assembled on February 26 to discuss the issue of recurring absences at Tam. “[We] established the attendance passes...the design and the funding,”...

Johnnie Daniel LaBarre: Beyond the attendance office

By Julia Kligman • Jun 17, 2012

“Johnnie is my full [first] name. I was actually drafted in 1967 because they thought I was a boy. My father sent in a letter with a birth certificate attached to prove that I was a girl, but I still...

Giants parade drains classes for the day

By Allie Knauer • Nov 19, 2010

Absences ran rampant as Tam students skipped school to attend the Giants victory parade on November 2 in San Francisco. According to the attendance office, there were over 300 recorded absences, excluding...