Attendance Reminders

Ohio's attendance laws require schools to support struggling attendance rather than suspend or expel students for it. Ohio schools use tools like parent notifications, attendance conferences, and Absence Intervention Plans once a student crosses state-set thresholds.

A significant recent change is that schools must track Chronic Absenteeism: the total instructional time a student misses, regardless of reason. This means excused, medical, and unexcused absences all count toward that total, even though schools still distinguish excused from unexcused absences for other purposes, like truancy. Read more here.

A reminder to always email the office when your student will miss class time.

jhhsattendance@ohschools.org

ohesattendance@ohschools.org (and copy the student's homeroom teacher)