Attendance
Per the State, students are absent from school if not present for at least half of the instructional time required at each grade level. These instructional times do not include lunches, breaks, etc. Grades 1-3, 135 minutes; Grades 4-5, 150 minutes.
Tardies and early dismissals are entered in the system with the checkin/check out time, and the software the school system uses calculates to the state whether your child is considered absent or present based on the time and the grade level. Therefore, the state may show more absences for the student than you see on parent portal (as some may be indicated as early dismissals or tardies depending on the time checked out or in that day).