In PowerSchool, we had a report called the Absentee Report. It is similar to the Absence Verification Worksheet but with more fields. These additional fields are very useful when using this worksheet as a tool to verify absences. Here are my ideas:

Remove the Parent/Guardian signature (is this really used considering this is a secretary tool?)
Add a "Talked to" line
Add a "Relationship" line
Add a "Verify Date:" line
Add an "Employee" line.

These additional fields are useful if the secretary is truly using this as a worksheet so that he/she can then go back to the worksheet for reference and/or to add to Aeries notes.