Reporting an Absence or Late Arrival
If your student is going to be tardy or absent, a parent must contact the attendance line at 777-9010. The number is an automated system that will take your call 24 hours a day. Please state the students name, parent name and reason for absence.
- Students arriving tardy to school must sign in at the front office. Parents are not required to sign in, but an acceptable reason and appropriate documentation must be presented for the tardy to be excused.
- Students that are picked up after school do not need to be signed out through the Main Office. However, NO student will be dismissed early from school unless they are signed out by an authorized adult. (Authorized adults are those identified on the Emergency Medical Form)
- Students who become ill during the school day must report to the Nurse’s office. Students are not permitted to call home stating they are sick without staff permission, as our nurse will contact a parent.
Regular Absences
Regular attendance by all students is important. Students who have irregular attendance tend to have poor academic success. For this reason, it is important that parents and students make every effort to make appointments outside the school hours.
If your student is going to be tardy or absent, a parent must contact the attendance line at 777-9010. The number is an automated system that will take your call 24 hours a day. Please state the students name, parent name and reason for absence.
Student absences should be called in before 8:00 a.m. Automated attendance calls will go out beginning at 8:15 a.m.
You can check your student's attendance records on their HAC account. Any questions pertaining to attendance records can be directed to Robin Baker at (513) 777-0552, ext. 14502 or via email.
A student is considered EXCUSED for the following reasons:
- Personal illness
- Illness in the immediate family
- Death of a relative
- Quarantine of the home
- Work at home due to the absence of parents or guardians
- Religious reasons
- Emergency reasons that must be considered to have a good and sufficient cause for the absence (court appearance, suspensions, etc.)
To assist with attendance record keeping, it is encouraged that you send a doctor’s note anytime your child attends a medical appointment (including dental, orthodontic, etc.) during school hours.
Automated Attendance Calls
We use Lakota's notification system to alert you of a child’s unexcused absence from school. This automated system helps expedite our daily process for absence notifications and uses the same parent/guardian phone number and email address provided through Home Access Center.
If your child is absent or going to be tardy from school for any reason, you must notify the school by 8 a.m. If your child is marked absent and you have not reported the absence by this time, you will receive a call and email between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. To respond to the automated call, you will need to call the main office. Failure to report the reason will result in an unexcused absence.
Truancy
A student is considered truant if he or she is absent or tardy from school without an excused reason. UNEXCUSED absences/tardies include, but are not limited to the following:
- Missed bus
- Overslept
- No parent note or excuse offered
There are consequences for unexcused tardies:
- The second unexcused tardy the student gets a warning;
- The third unexcused tardy will result in a post card sent home to parents;
- The fourth unexcused tardy will result in detention; and
- The fifth unexcused tardy is a Saturday School.
Planned Absences
Planned absences for longer than 2 days require Administrative approval.
Per our school policy, teachers are not required to make long-range assignments for vacationing students. Also, students may take tests missed during their absence at the convenience of the teacher. All work given prior to the vacation is due on the first day a student returns from their vacation.
