A student will be permitted to take one (1) educational trip per school year provided the parents/guardians expressly comply with the following guidelines:
1. When an educational trip, requiring a student to be absent from school, is planned a “Student Education Trip Request” form must be completed by the parent/guardian and returned to the main office. This request must be submitted at least five school days prior to the student’s first day of absence. To assist parents, the “Student Education Trip Request” forms are available in the Main Office or online at www.sayresd.org.
2. All the information on the written request form must specifically list the educational value of the trip for the student.
3. The student is responsible for making the necessary arrangements with his/her teachers prior to the trip, to complete all missed work needed to meet course requirements.
4. Neglecting to gain prior approval and/or the student’s failure to complete school assignments and the trip log will result in the days missed being recorded as unexcused. Zeros for any work or tests assigned during the duration of the trip will be assigned for any of the previous conditions.
5. Upon the student’s return to school, a typed Education Trip Log of at least four pages must be presented to the Main Office detailing the events and educational value of the trip. The trip will not be listed as “excused” unless this documentation is turned in and approved within three school days of the student’s return.
6. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Pennsylvania’s Compulsory Attendance Law allows a student to have 10 days of cumulative lawful absences during a school year. Any days of school missed due to an educational trip count toward the ten day total permitted each year. For each absence beyond the 10 days, a doctor’s excuse is required.