Report Student Absences or Transportation Changes

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Summary	How to report an absence or transportation changes using the Parent Portal
Author	Maintained by Jen Davenport
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Status	Up-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year.

You may report an absence or dismissal/transportation request by navigating to the Riverdale Parent Portal at https://portals.veracross.com/riverdale

After login, please choose "View or Submit Attendance or Dismissal Change Request" - all requests documented below start in this area of the Parent Portal.

Report an Absence, Late Arrival, or Early Dismissal

From the Dismissal Change Request screen (see above), choose the child whose absence you are reporting, then choose the date of the absence. If it will be a multi-day absence, use the first date field to indicate the first day of the anticipated absence.

For a Single Day Absence, Late Arrival, or Early Dismissal

Choose "Attendance"

Then, choose the appropriate code

For a Multi-Day Absence

Choose "Multi-Day Absence"

Enter the final date of the Multi-Day absence

Report a Lower School Dismissal Change Request

For a change in your Lower School Dismissal plans (this does not apply to MS/US students), Please choose the "Transportation From School" Option on the Logistics Request form: