Attendance Information

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.

Any student athlete who is absent from school for an entire school day cannot participate in any practice or games on that day. Student athletes are considered tardy to school and can still participate in practice or games if they are in school y 9:01 a.m. on that day. Student athletes who attend school between 9:02 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. are considered to be a half day absent and will not be eligible to participate in practice or games on that day.

Student athletes can participate in practice or a game if they have a medical excuse. Any other circumstances are up to the discretion of the NMS Administration and Athletic Director. 

Coaches are responsible for letting their athletes, parents, and guardians know about the above rules. Any further questions about this policy should be directed to the NMS Administration or Athletic Director.

Students arriving after 7:50 a.m. are considered tardy to school.

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 three (3) 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 330-652-5656 to report your child off. Upon returning to school the student has 48 hours to present a written excuse, dated and signed by a parent/guardian, or a physician, stating the reason for being absent. The student will be issued an unexcused absence if he or she is not reported off from school or a written excuse is not received.

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 building principal or designee with a note/phone call 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 designee. 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 may be 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 not permitted to use their cell phones to call home to be picked up. 

Students are to stay home if they are ill in order to keep other students in the building healthy and ready to learn.

All students coming to school after the tardy bell (7:35 a.m.) will be considered tardy. Students who arrive after the tardy bell must report to the office. Tardies will be considered unexcused unless accompanied by a parent note or phone call. Notes/phone calls must be received within 24 hours. Unexcused tardies may result in a disciplinary consequence.

Excessive tardies will result in a meeting with a building administrator or the Dean of Students to discuss possible intervention and/or disciplinary action. 

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, the administration may honor the request based on the following criteria: