Attendance The LAPS attendance policy (School Board 5110) is based on New Mexico State Law , which is included under School Board 5110R The policy mandates students to attend class and teachers to keep accurate daily attendance records. The sole intent and purpose of this regulation is to attain the highest degree of attendance for each student at LAMS. According to the New Mexico school law, children are required to attend school until they have reached their seventeenth birthday unless the child has previously graduated from high school. All students are expected to attend school regularly and to be on time for classes in order to benefit from the instructional program and to develop habits of punctuality, self-discipline, and responsibility. There is a direct relationship between attendance and student success. Students who have good attendance generally achieve high grades, enjoy school more, and are more employable after leaving high school. LAMS provides several intervention strategies which support regular attendance. These include phone calls or letters to parents, meetings with the counselors, and/or meetings with an administrator and the teachers to form remediation plans.