New Way To Report Milford Student Absences: What You Need To Know

MILFORD, CT — Milford Public Schools have released specific instructions for reporting a student absence during the current school year.

"The school attendance line is no longer the means for reporting student absence," school officials said. "A new requirement for the 2020-21 school year is for parents/guardians to fill out the Attendance Absence Form within PowerSchool any time their child is absent. This form is necessary to record absences for both students who are in person and distance learning."

"The procedure for notifying the school of your child’s early dismissal or late arrival is the same as previous years. If your child will be arriving/joining late or leaving early, please email the building secretary and homeroom teacher.

This form must be completed on the day the child is absent and must be completed on each day absent.

You can watch the steps below in this video here.

The purpose of this form is to keep everyone safe and healthy by verifying the child’s symptoms.
1) Start by logging into PowerSchool (https://gradebook.milforded.org)

2) After logging in, click Forms in the left navigation. Note: If you are on a phone’s browser and don’t see Forms at first, tap the little right-facing arrow in the upper-left corner to show the left navigation.

3) If you have more than one child, make sure you click/tap the correct child’s name in the
upper-left corner first.

4) On the Forms page, look for the Attendance section. Click/tap the Attendance Absence Form -
Parents link. Note: If the form never loads, please make sure you are not using the Firefox web browser.

5) Answer Yes or No to the questions and then click/tap Submit.

6) If you answer No for the following question “Even though your student is out sick today will
he/she be participating in class as a distance learner” a follow up question will appear