Drivers are to use extreme caution when dropping off and picking up students. Drivers are asked to leave students where sidewalks are provided for children to reach the building. The building Principal will provide specific building directions with regard to the parking lots and circular drives. Please to not block fire lanes, handicapped parking spaces, or the area where buses load. This will ensure every child's safety.

In December 2016, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 410 to encourage and support a preventative approach to excessive absences and truancy. The law sets forth the following criteria for Ohio schools to follow when calculating student absences. All time absent from school is calculated in hours.

The following are considered excused absences:

All absences must have proper documentation submitted.

Each student who has been absent must immediately, upon return to school, make arrangements with his/her teacher(s) to make up missed work. Students are given one (1) day to make up homework/assignments, etc., for each day of excused absence. For example, if the student has been absent for three (3) days and the absence is excused, he/she has three (3) days upon return to school to make up any missed assignments. If a student exceeds ten (10) or more excused consecutive absences he/she is only allocated ten (10) days to make up any missed assignments. When circumstances warrant, a time extension may be arranged through the building administrators/ teachers.

If a student is going to be absent from school for two (2) or more days, please contact the school office to arrange a time to pick up requested assignments.

If your child is going to be absent from school, for any reason, please contact the school at 330-989-5093 to report your child off. Upon returning to school, present a written excuse dated and signed by a parent/guardian, and/or a medical excuse signed by a physician, stating the reason for being absent. Written notification is strongly encouraged. 

Auto Calls are made daily to remind parents/guardians to contact the school regarding student absences.

Students needing to leave school early must provide the classroom teacher with a note from the custodial parent stating the reason(s) for the student to leave early with the time(s), and name(s) of the person picking up the child. In the interest of student safety, no student shall leave the building without permission from the building Principal or Dean of Students.

At the elementary schools, parents and/or legal guardians listed on the Emergency Medical Forms must come into the office and sign the student out of school. Photo identification is required.

In the event a student becomes ill at school, or other circumstances arise, only those persons listed on the student's Emergency Medical Form (completed and submitted via Final Forms) will be contacted and will be permitted to pick up the student. Photo identification is required. If contact person(s) cannot be reached, the student will remain at school.

Students are considered tardy if they arrive to school after 8:35 a.m. A parent/guardian must sign the student into the office upon arrival.

Excessive tardiness will result in a meeting with the school counselor and Dean of Students to discuss possible intervention and/or disciplinary action. After four (4) non-medical tardies a detention will be given to the student. 

Parents are strongly encouraged to schedule family vacations at times as to not interfere with the adopted school calendar. If there is no alternative to a family's scheduled vacation during the time when school is in session, please notify the school as soon as possible.