Attendance
Attendance Policy
Your student’s regular attendance in school is vital to student learning. Please make every effort to ensure promptness each day. When students are late to school repeatedly, those minutes add up to make a big difference in learning!
Students are required to attend school every day. If your child must be absent from school, you are required to send a written note upon your child’s return to school. The note should state the reason for the absence, the date(s) of absence, and the signature of the parent or guardian.
Students are expected to be in class the entire school day. Ohio Law (HB 410) recently changed how schools must track missed class time. No longer are absences tracked by the number of missed school days. Lost time is now measured by how many hours your student is not in class (excused or unexcused).
Is Your Child Absent from School?
If your child is unable to attend school email or call the attendance line and leave a message at
614-365-6312 by 9:30 a.m.
Language Assistance to Report Absences: 614-365-8802
Please note that when your student is absent, if a note is not received, then the absence is considered to be unexcused. Students are responsible for all assignments missed during the absence. Failure to make up assignments may affect your child’s grades.
CCS accepts the following excuses as legitimate for student absences:
- Personal illness or quarantine
- Illness or death in the immediate family
- Emergencies or any other occurrence or situations which in the professional judgment of the principal may necessitate absence from school as a last resort
- Observance of a religious holiday.
In an effort to monitor the safety of students and to maximize your child’s educational time at school, we need your support to keep distractions and interruptions to a minimum. If possible, please schedule medical appointments outside of school hours. When it is necessary for a child to be dismissed from school early, please avoid signing students out between 3:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., as this time of day is focused on ensuring the safe dismissal of all students.