Clovis West High School

Parents & Guardians may report a student's FULL DAY absence by:

Phone:
Call (559) 327-2251 or (559) 327-2082 Spanish Line to report the absence.

If your child needs to leave early from school:

Beginning Monday, September 8th, 2025, there will be a NEW Policy when signing your child out of school for doctors' appointments, illnesses, and misc. appointments.

Our online "Parent Connect > Report An Absence" will no longer be available.  Checking your child out digitality is not an option.  

For the safety of your child, a parent, guardian or a person listed on your child's contact list MUST physically walk into the Clovis West front office to sign-out and pick-up your child for any reason.  Phone calls made to the front office for pre-arranged off campus passes or releasing your child from class will not be processed or granted.

When you arrive in the front office to sign-out and pick-up your child, the off-campus pass will be written, and your child will then be pulled from class.  

It's important that you know your child's schedule and expect delays when picking up your child if they are coming from P.E. Classes. 

The only phone calls that will be processed are to report a Full Day Absence or if your child will be arriving late to school.  For your convenience, you may use the 24-hour phone line to report absences @ 559-327-2251.

We understand that this new policy might be difficult for working parents to come into the office and sign out your child, so you may update and add to your contact list on parent connect anytime.  Changes will take 24 hours to update.

Log into Parent Connect:

Click> Annual Update Information

Click> Emergency & Release Contacts

Click> Add Additional Contacts at the bottom

     (add contacts)

Click> small box "I agree that I have reviewed....."

Click> SUBMIT  on the top

Again, your child will not be able to leave school early unless a person listed on the contact list has walked into the front office to sign them out. 

Student’s who do leave campus without being signed out by a person on their contact list or without a pass, will be marked truant and given a consequence by the SRC office. 

If your child arrives late to school:

• Late arrivals without a legitimate excuse must check in at the front office before heading to class.  
• If you have a doctors note please provide or your student will be unexcused tardy for that period.

You may request an admit slip for late arrival by submitting a request through parent connect or by calling our 24-hour attendance number at 559-327-2251.  Please leave your name, student’s name and ID number and the reason for leaving or late arrival.

      Spanish Line 559-327-2082.  

      Hmong Line 559-327-2119

Attendance Regulations and Procedures:

• State Law requires all students to attend school daily.  Acceptable excuses which allow work to be made up include the following:

1. Legitimate illness           
2. Medical appointment
3. Court appearance 
4. Bereavement
5. School-related activity

• Absences must be cleared by telephone by the student’s parent or legal guardian.  Doctor’s notes are welcome and encouraged and must be submitted no later than 5 days from the excused day of absence.  Parent’s notes are not accepted.  Please keep in mind that our automated calling system calls for one or more uncleared periods.  
• You have up to FIVE (5) school days to clear an absence.  
• Please allow up to 24 hours for absences to be cleared.  
• If your student is marked absent from a single period and you believe this to be an error, please contact the teacher directly.   For all day absence questions, please call the attendance office. 
• Absences not cleared within 24 hours will prompt a call from our automated calling system.  Uncleared absences are considered unexcused and could lead to receiving a Truancy Letter in Accordance with Education Code section 48260.5.  Under the law, schools must continue to track all absences and report them to the state.  Policy 2207 states, “A pupil whose absence is not excused is not entitled to complete assignments, or other class work missed due to the absence”. 
• Absences uncleared after 24 hours may be considered truant.   Uncleared/unverified absences or truancy will result in appropriate disciplinary action, including but not limited to Saturday School and/or detention being assigned.