Attendance

Absences 

Every parent or guardian has the responsibility to assure regular daily school attendance. A child is considered delingquent by the terms of the Ohio Revised Code: "a child being of compulsory school age, being absent without legitimate excuse from school seven or more consecutive days, ten or more school days in one school month or fifteen or more school days in a school year." Roger Bacon adheres to this code.

When absent, the following steps should be taken:

1. On each day of the student's absence a parent must call the school before 9 a.m. to report the reason for the absence. The attendance phone number is 618-7021. This is an automated number and can be accessed 24 hours a day.

2. On the day a student returns to school, he or she must bring a note signed by a parent to the office which includes: the date of the absence, reason for the absence, and the student's homeroom number. The student must report to the attendance office before homeroom even if the student has forgotten the note from home.

3. Students will be given an absentee admission slip which should be shown to all their teachers at the beginning of each class.

Students are permitted three unexcused absences per quarter. An unexcused absence as determined by the Roger Bacon administration is an absence not backed by a doctor's note. However, students will receive no penalty for attendance at the following: school sponsored field trips, funerals, representing Roger Bacon at some function, or a pre-approved college visit. Seniors are permitted two visits per year and juniors one visit per year.

The administration has the final power to approve the reasons for any absences that exceed three days per quarter. Students failing to receive approval for additional absences beyond three days may fail any or all subjects. A 68.0 is the highest grade that will be given in those subjects.

"Take your son/daughter to work day" is not recognized by Roger Bacon as an excused absence from school.  Students who want to learn more about their parents' workplace and career may do so during the summer months or on a day when school is not in session.  Absences for vacations are counted as unexcused absences. 

Any student who exceeds eight absences during the second semester for any reason(s) is required to take end-of-the-year examinations.  This is in effect irrespective of the student's academic or merit status.  Required school events are not counted toward these eight days.

The student is responsible for finding out what work he or she missed and for making up all that work (including test and quizzes) in accordance with the make-up policies established by the classroom teacher.

Extracurricular Activities and Absences

In general students who are too sick to be in school are too sick to be involved in extracurricular activities.  Sick students are not to come to school for any amount of time merely to secure eligibility. 

To attend or participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities, students must be in school for the majority of the day which is four complete classes out of seven (homeroom is not a class) on a normal day.  On days when there is a special schedule due to school-related activities (such as mass, retreat, assembly), the principal and/or dean will decide what constitutes the majority of the day.

Students who are absent due to participation in or attendance at school-approved activities (such as Model UN conferences or field trips) are eligible to participate in extracurricular activities.  Students who attend field trips or official state sponsored tournament events are not marked absent. 

Early Dismissal

If an early dismissal is needed, a written note from the parent giving permission for the student to be dismissed must be brought to the attendance office before homeroom so that an early release pass may be issued.  Students will not be released without a written note.  Please include the following information: date, reason for early dismissal, exact time the student should leave school.  If a student is being picked up, that individual must come into the main office to sign out the student; then another note must be brought to the attendance office the day the student returns to school stating the reason he or she missed part of the day.

Tardy

Students who are not in their homeroom and in their desks when the bell rings at 7:50 a.m. are tardy and must report to the attendance office to obtain a tardy pass.  Tardiness results in detention.  Students who are late to classes during the day will be dealt with by that teacher.

Truancy

Absence from school or class without parents' knowledge is a major infraction of the school's regulations.  Truant students will receive a week's detention and automatic probation.  The student must make up the time he or she missed on Saturdays.  Students who are truant a second time are automatically expelled from school. 

College Visits

Seniors are permitted two college visits per year and juniors are permitted one visit.  All completed forms must be submitted to the principal no less than one week prior to the visitation in order to be 'excused'.