Attendance

A student’s academic success is directly related to regular, daily attendance. Students who attend school every day receive opportunities for important contact with their teachers and establish a record of responsibility and dependability for themselves. 

Minnesota state law (MN 120A.22; 120A.34) states the parents of every child between the ages of seven and 17 are responsible for assuring their child receives instruction with the primary purpose of that instruction being that the child acquires the knowledge and skills essential for effective citizenship.

Students or parents are to contact the school prior to, or the day of, all planned absences and provide a reason for the student’s absence.  Absences which are not reported to the school with the required documentation when the student returns to school will be considered Unexcused.  Refer to DLHS Student Handbook for attendance details.  Please contact E-Laker Online at 218-844-4761, or charrier@detlakes.k12.mn.us to communicate absences. 

E-Laker Online High School attendance procedures are guided by a number of values. Flexibility paired with accountability is what makes E-Laker Online unique.  In some instances, these values may compete with each other. E-Laker Online attendance procedures attempt to balance these values in the best interests of our students.

 

Attendance Expectation for E-Laker Student

Attendance is recorded each Monday based on your engagement and progress from the previous week. Make adequate progress toward completing each course, which is based on the Edgenuity daily course completion rate.

  • Students should be within 5 percentage points of the course completion rate.
  • Full-time E-Laker students should be spending 3 - 4  hours per day on coursework, which is approximately. 15 - 20 hours per week.
  • Edgenuity tracks time logged in as well as idle time, both are factored into attendance.
  • Please note that under MN. Stat. § 120A.22, “a student who is absent from instruction for 15 consecutive school days must be considered unenrolled.” This includes not logging into your online courses.

Accountability / Course Completion Rate

The flexibility of online education MUST be paired with accountability.  Accountability will be measured by course completion rate.  

  • Weekly progress MUST be achieved as measured by Edgenuity course completion data. Lack of progress in the daily course completion rate. (More than 10% behind)
    • Week One:  The coordinator or counselor will contact the student & guardian via email.
    • Week Two:  The coordinator or counselor will contact the student & guardian via phone.
    • Week Three: You will be assigned to the media center to work on the course.
    • Week Four:   Meeting or phone call to discuss dropping/changing class or appropriateness of online programming and alternative options to support academic progress.