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Attendance

Every Day Counts.

Excused Absences

Please use the attendance email to report absences. Submit absence and doctor’s notes by taking a photo of the document or scanning it and attaching it to the email. The attendance email is checked daily. If your child becomes sick at school, a responsible adult will need to pick him/her up within 30 minutes. We ask that students not be signed out between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. A valid state driver’s license or ID is required to pick up a student and to be inside the school.

Absences are marked excused for the following reasons:

  • Serious accident or illness
  • Death of a relative
  • Religious holiday

Is Your Child Absent from School?

If your child is unable to attend school email or call the attendance line and leave a message at 380-997-0225 by 9:30 a.m.

Email Attendance

When your student is absent for a medical appointment or illness, please notify the school by phone, email, or by completing the online Student Absence Form before 9:00 a.m. All absence notes and doctor's notes must be received at the school within one (1) week of the student's absence. You may scan a clear and legible picture of the doctor’s note to the attendance email address found below. A voicemail or completion of the Student Absence Form can be left any time of day/night.

Tardies

Absences are calculated by minutes, so each minute a student is late for class counts towards hours of school missed.

  • Students arriving at school after 9:00 a.m. are marked tardy.
  • A note signed by the parent/caregivers stating the reason for tardiness is required

As of September 30, 2025, Ohio law defines a “chronically absent” student as “missing at least ten per cent of the minimum number of hours required in the school year”. The minimum number of hours referenced are also defined in Ohio law. Time missed from school for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences, will contribute to chronic absenteeism. Students only need to miss 2-3 days per month to be chronically absent by the end of the year.

Ohio law defines that a “habitual truant” is determined by certain thresholds of unexcused absences only: 

a. 30 or more consecutive hours (approximately 5 school days) 

b. 42 or more hours per month (approximately 7 school days) 

c. 72 or more hours per year (approximately 12 school days) 

All other absences are unconsidered Unexcused Absences.

Parents need to call, email, or complete the online Student Absence Form for the school by 9:00 AM to report student absences. Upon return from an absence, the following procedure is to be followed: (if the parent did not complete the online Student Absence Form already)
A written note signed by the parent, stating date(s) of and reason(s) for absence from school. Please send the note to school with your child the day they return to school.