Stay in School Program

Parents are responsible for notifying the school when and if your child/children are absent by calling 701-221-1800, otherwise school personnel will contact you. TJES takes pride in continuing to improve our average daily attendance. TJES has attendance recognition procedures in place.

When students miss three days of school, a letter will be sent home. If absences continue to occur after six days, the family will meet with the counselor and social worker. If a student accumulates 12 or more days, Burleigh County or Morton County Social Services will be notified and the family will meet with the TJES Stay in School Committee. Regular and faithful attendance is a requirement if you want your child/children to be successful in school. Students should be absent only in cases of illness or emergency.

TJES, with its’ Stay in School team, participates in a campus/ community effort to impact school attendance through preventive and early intervention services to students and families in order to create a positive experience between home, school and Campus/ Community services. The TJES Stay in School policy has a uniform procedure that will assist students and families to be in school on a regular basis.

The purpose of these meetings is to offer resources in the area and guidance from these resources to help families. In having these meetings, we have established students in after school programs, found donations for housing assistance, shelters, raised funds for transportation, and have built a better relationship with families while improving attendance rates.