Policies & Procedures
Attendance and late work are handled differently when students are enrolled in the virtual academy. A virtual academy student is expected to know and understand the code of conduct and is held to its standards whether an at-home or on-site student. Please consult the EOL Student Code of Conduct and the K-12 ELANCOnline Handbook below for more detailed information on attendance, late work, different online learning options, mid-term and final exam policies, as well as other important operational information.
Attendance
Learners enrolled in EOL follow a policy and guidelines that ensure they have opportunities to be in attendance for the legally required number of hours. It is recommended that online learners devote 5-7 hours of online learning time per course, per week. To that end, learners must adhere to the following attendance requirements:
Elementary
- In order for learners to be counted as present over the course of the week, they must complete at least 70% of the total assignments due in that course during the week.
- This percentage will be calculated by dividing the number of assignments completed during the week by the number of assignments due during the same week
- The week is defined as Monday morning 12 am to Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
- If a learner is marked absent for the week, the parent(s)/guardian(s) will receive a letter in the mail documenting the attendance issue. Virtual learners are subject to the same rules and laws regarding attendance as brick-and-mortar learners.
Secondary
For Full-Time EOL learners (3 or more EOL courses simultaneously or 2 for half-day CTC students):
- Learners must complete ten (10) assignments over the course of the week, regardless of which course the assignments are in.
- The week is defined as Monday morning 12 am to Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
- Learners will be marked as present, regardless of assignment completion, if all EOL course grades are at least 70%.
- Grades will be calculated using the non-running course grade, which assumes a 0 for all missing or late assignments. See the late work policy regarding making up missed work
- If a learner is marked absent for the week, the parent(s)/guardian(s) will receive a letter in the mail documenting the attendance issue. Virtual learners are subject to the same rules and laws regarding attendance as brick-and-mortar learners.
For students enrolled in less than 3 EOL courses simultaneously:
- Part-time EOL learners will be subject to the same attendance expectations and regulations as brick-and-mortar learners.
*ELANCO reserves the right to develop a personalized attendance policy for students with special situations.
Late Work Policy
- All assignments are required to be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Sunday of the week assigned. If not, learners will receive a zero on the assignment unless they have made prior arrangements with the teacher.
- Learners have 30 calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever occurs first, to submit late or missing assignments for full credit.
- Learners with two weeks of unexcused inactivity in any course, whether consecutive or not, will be considered to be in probationary status and will be required to attend EOL on-site in the Garden Spot LMC Virtual Classroom (secondary learners only) during the prescribed hours of the school day.
- Probationary learners, attending on-site, who do not complete the required weekly work in each EOL course, will be required to meet with their school counselor and Lead Teacher about possible dis-enrollment in ELANCOnline and enrollment in their assigned brick-and-mortar school.