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Dear LNC Parents,
Charter schools are funded in large part based on the number of students attending during the first 20 school days of the year. LNC’s funding is reduced for every day a student is absent (regardless of reason) during this 20-day period. In past years, LNC’s funding has decreased due to students’ absenteeism at the beginning of the year because of family vacations or other events or programs they’ve opted to schedule while school is in session.
For this reason, during the first 20 days of the school year (August 10 – September 7), LNC will closely monitor student absences and will require professional documentation (i.e. letter from medical provider) evidencing an unavoidable absence. The Office of Charter Schools has clarified that a charter school may treat unexcused failures to attend as a withdrawal.
If a student (new or returning) fails to attend at any point during the first 20 days of school, LNC reserves the right to treat the unexcused absence as a withdrawal and to offer the student’s enrollment slot immediately to a student on the waiting list. Thank you for understanding our stance on this critical matter of student funding.
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