Students must attend at least 85% of an individual course’s scheduled classes each semester to not be in jeopardy of being placed on Behavioral Probation. Extreme circumstances that may cause a student to justifiably drop below 85% attendance will be taken into consideration by the RS headmaster. Examples of extreme circumstances include significant illness, catastrophic injury, or death of a family member.
A student who falls below 85% attendance in any course will be placed on Behavioral Probation for a minimum of two weeks. If a student’s attendance drops below 85% but remains above 75%, the student may, after review of the circumstances by the RS headmaster, still earn credit for the course. Under most circumstances, students who drop below 75% attendance will not receive credit for course work. Non-calculating absences (see below), including school-related absences (absences that are the result of Geneva curricular or extracurricular obligations such as athletic events or debate tournaments) do not count towards the total number of absences. However, in most cases in which a student drops below 75% attendance, even for non-calculating reasons, the student will lose credit for the course and be put on an alternative path for credit recovery.