Excessive Absences
Ohio Law states that excessive absences are considered 38 or more hours in one school month and 65 or more hours in one school year, whether they are considered excused or unexcused. PLEASE NOTE: 65 hours is a little more than nine school days. For this reason, it is important that a student submit medical documentation when absent for a doctor/dentist visit or illness when possible.
Should attendance and/or punctuality become an issue, an attendance conference with the student, their parent/guardian, and Administration will be held to determine the reasons for the excessive absenteeism/tardiness. The student may be placed on an attendance contract and be required to participate in attendance interventions. If a student’s attendance has not improved after the attendance conference, and the student meets state criteria for habitual truancy, the student may be asked to withdraw.
In recent consultation with Lorain County Public Health:
If a student is showing symptoms of Covid or any illness, he or she should stay at home until symptoms begin to improve. The student may then come back to school with a mask.
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