Attendance Information

Because of the volume of traffic in and out of our parking lots, students will only enter the building through the main doors on Dragon Drive no earlier than 7:00 a.m. Students entering the building prior to 7:20 a.m. must report to the cafeteria and are not permitted in the halls or at their lockers. Students who arrive late must sign in at the attendance office before going to class. 

Dismissal begins at 2:45 p.m.

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.

Students must be in attendance before the end of first period (8:25 a.m.) to be eligible for extracurricular activities. The school administration may excuse a student for the following reasons:

Students expelled, suspended from school, or serving in-school intervention are not eligible to participate in extracurricular activities during that period of time.

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 330-652-9968 ext. 0082 to report your child off. Upon returning to school, present a written excuse, dated and signed by a parent or guardian, stating the reason for being absent. Failure to contact the school or provide a written excuse within two (2) school days upon the student returning to school may result in disciplinary action. 

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. Parents and/or guardians listed on the Emergency Medical Forms are encouraged to come into the office and sign the student out of school. Photo identification may be required. Parents/guardians may provide written/verbal permission via phone call for a student driver to leave early provided the building principal or designee can confirm the identification of the parent/guardian.

Eighteen year old students, as adults, may sign themselves out/in, but must adhere to the attendance policy and are responsible for all missed work and are subject to the same disciplinary action as all other students.

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 may be required. If contact person(s) cannot be reached, the student will remain at school.

All students coming to school after the tardy bell (7:30 a.m.) will be considered tardy. Students who arrive after the tardy bell must report to the attendance office. They will be issued a tardy pass and need to present this pass to the teacher to be admitted to class. The only excused tardy will be medically excused absences.

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, parents must notify the school as soon as possible. Please refer to the attendance policy.