Attendance Office
Contact Ms. Laudick, Ext. 11905
V. Attendance
A. Dearborn and Ohio County Schools Attendance Program
Next to student effort in the classroom, regular attendance is the most important responsibility of a student to assure optimum academic achievement. Parents also share in the responsibility. Parents should set a high level of expectation regarding attendance but if a student is absent for any reason, parents should communicate with the school office in a timely manner. Students are expected to be at school every day. Business and industry both require regular attendance and punctuality from employees, so it shall be the expectation of Dearborn and Ohio County Schools to train students to those same high standards.
If a student must be absent, a parent needs to call the attendance secretary prior to 9:00 a.m. on the day of the absence. Medical excuses must be presented to the attendance office in a timely manner.
SIGNING IN
Students arriving late or returning from an appointment must sign-in via the electronic system, which is available in the main office.
Sign-ins come under the same jurisdiction as attendance reasons: Illness, Medical or Special Emergency only.
SIGNING OUT
Students and parents should make every effort to make medical appointments outside of school hours; however, should an unavoidable situation arise making it necessary for a student to leave school, parent contact with the office is required prior to the student sign-out. Sign-out notes should be brought to the office prior to the start of school at 8:10 a.m. Sign-outs require direct parent communication or parent pick-up. Notes of students driving or leaving with someone other than a parent must be verified by a phone call from a parent prior to the student leaving school.
Unauthorized leaving is truancy. Sign-outs come under the same jurisdiction as attendance reasons: Illness, Medical or Special Emergency only.
