Students will not be allowed to leave if we have not heard from a parent. 

If we are able to, we will phone parents to check if we haven’t heard from them, however, as this will happen around existing workloads for office staff or deputy principals, students cannot leave until we have parent confirmation. 

Students who leave without parental permission will be considered truant and may be referred to the attendance service.

We’d like to hear from parents by 8.30am on the day of any appointments at the latest, parents are encouraged to contact the school by phoning 03 768 4166 or email attendance@johnpaul.ac.nz any time prior to the day of the appointment so we can add this to student attendance notes. The sign out process will be quick and easy if this is done.

When they use the iPad, the notes they add are recorded straight to their attendance notes for that day.