• Early Dismissal

    At Sedgefield Montessori School, regular school attendance is required. Students must come to school on time and attend school the whole day (9:15 AM – 4:15 PM).  CMS policy states that a child must attend school for half the school day (210 minutes) in order to be counted present for the day. Normally, that means a child must stay at school until 12:45 PM. If a student leaves earlier than 12:45 PM, but returns to school before the end of the day, that student will be counted present for the entire day if his total attendance time is equal to, or exceeds, 210 minutes. Please schedule routine appointments/extracurricular activities before, or after, school hours whenever possible. Frequent early dismissals are disruptive to a child’s academic progress.

    When a student must leave early, he/she needs to be signed out by a parent or guardian. Only parents/guardians may pick up a child from school unless the parent has given written permission to another adult or the person is listed on your child’s Emergency Information card in the office. Parents are not allowed to proceed to classrooms to pick up children during the school day. Students who leave school before 12:45 PM are recorded as absent for the day. Unless it is an emergency, students cannot be picked up for early dismissal after 3:00 PM.

    Parents are not allowed to proceed to classrooms to pick up children during the school day. Please come to the office and sign your child out. We will call the student to the office. We will not have your child waiting in the office for you.

    Per the CMS Magnet Expectations Agreement, children are expected to attend school for the entire day (until 4:15pm). Anything more than 4 unexcused late arrivals or early dismissals per quarter will be considered excessive. Medical/therapy appointments are excused with a doctor’s note. Sports, dance, extracurricular activities, etc. are not acceptable reasons to leave early so plan accordingly. 

    If your child attends our ASEP program, or another daycare facility, please let them know your child will not be attending due to early dismissal.