Attendance

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the State of Missouri require, for state funding, that students are present at school a minimum of 90% of the time.  

Please note that the State of Missouri and DESE require that we closely monitor student attendance, up to and including a referral to the MO Children’s Division, citing educational neglect. At Wydown, we will periodically check our students’ attendance to ensure we are following those guidelines. It is important that we all do our part to ensure that students are in school each day. When circumstances arise resulting in student absence from school, it is the responsibility of home, school and the community to work together and find solutions that are in the best interest of the child. Learn more about school attendance. 

Reporting Absences

As a safety measure, parents are asked to call the school when their child is absent or late. To inform the middle school that your child will be absent, please call 314.854.6400, select 4.