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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Berkeley High Jazz, </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:berkeleyjazz@comcast.net">berkeleyjazz@comcast.net</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_4d21ff9c-d6e1-41d5-9101-c6fa897c2b10"><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Truancy Letters</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Notifications of Truancy have been sent and will continue to be sent for the duration of the school year. In order to avoid receiving truancy letters, please remember to contact the attendance office with a valid excuse to clear absences within five school days of your child's return to school.* <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>First Notifications of Truancy will be sent to parents of students who have been absent from school without valid excuse for more than any 30-minute period during the school day without a valid excuse on three occasions in one school year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Second Notifications of Truancy will be sent to parents of any student who has once been reported as a truant (sent the First Notification of Truancy) and who continues to be absent from school without a valid excuse one or more days without valid excuse. If after that the student continues to be absent without a valid excuse they will be sent a Third Notification.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Second and Third Notifications require the parents and student to attend a meeting. The most current meeting schedule is listed below</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><u>Second Notification Meeting</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, 12/12/11 at 9:00 AM in Room D220<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Third Notification Meeting</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, 12/5/11 at 9:00 AM in Room D220</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*If you would like to clear absences or have questions/concerns please call your student's attendance staff person listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Last Name begins with Attendance Assistant Phone</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A – GI Sakuntala Yaramala (510) 644-6341<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Go – N Jessica Lopez (510) 644-6194<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>O – Z Elizabeth James (510) 644-6209<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>________________</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Pat Anderson, Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Lisa Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style='color:navy'>bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>BHS etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style='color:navy'>http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a>; BHS PTSA website: <a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"><span style='color:navy'>http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></a>. 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