okay, as those who have been to band for the past few pracs would know, there is a new way of marking attendance. and THAT, will actually greatly affect yr overall attendance.
Late for fall in
Attendance is less than 70% of one band prac. eg. in a ten hour prac, you only come for 6 hours
Leave early for non-valid reason.
valid reasons are like doctor's appointment, but you HAVE to show the appointment card/mc. non-valid reasons are like waking up late/ tuition.
all these will be marked differently. then the attendance sheet is given to a teacher, and it is completely up to them if they want to give you attendance for that one day where you were say, late. this is agreed on by the teachers already.
even one minute late is considered LATE. so if you don't want your attendance to be at risk, just come a little earlier. of course there are like unforseen circumstances like you missed the bus and the next one didn't come, it was raining and you didn't have an umbrella, traffic jam, etc. BUT it's up to the leaders as to whether it will be marked or not. case by case basis.
personally, i'm not positive of ALL the details, so if you want, you can ask our bm jasmine yeah?