Student Absence

• When your student is absent you must notify the nurse.  

• Please leave a clear voicemail with the student's name, your name, email or phone number, and relationship to the student. 

• Please include the student’s homeroom number, teacher, and grade 

• The Nurse can be reached by: 

  • Phone: 201-833-5553 

  • Email: [email protected].

When reporting an Absence, PLEASE do the following

• State the reason for ANY absence

• If the student is sick, please  

  • State ALL the symptoms that he/she is experiencing. The Nurse will give you information on how to move forward.

• Please continue to follow the Daily Screening Symptom Checklist that you receive by email daily.

Readmission to School After an Absence

• A student returning from an absence of any length must present to the School Principal or designee a written statement, dated and signed by the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) or adult pupil, of the reasons for the absence.

• A note explaining a pupil's absence for noncommunicable illness for a period of more than three school days must be accompanied by a physician's statement of the pupil's illness.

• A student who has been absent by reason of having or being suspected of having a communicable disease must present to the School Nurse written evidence of being free of communicable disease, in accordance with Policy No. 8451.

TPS Attendance Policy: 

https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictRegulation.aspx?Regulationid=5200&id=7da42070a501409683bdce41bdcbaaff

If Your Unvaccinated Student has Traveled:

• Please stay home and notify the Nurse of your return 

• Continue to follow the Teaneck Public School Covid 19 Quarantine Guidance Chart:

  • Quarantine periods will be based on the NJDOH’s COVID - 19 Health Matrix (transmission) level: LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, or VERY HIGH

• Quarantine for Unvaccinated Student/Staff after domestic travel (longer than 24hrs) outside of NJ, NY, PA, and DE or any International travel

  • Get tested 5 days after return with a PCR test ONLY; if the PCR test is negative and no symptoms develop, student or staff may return 7 days after return from travel

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