Report an Absence
When your student will be absent, please notify the school by 9:30 a.m. using one of the options below.Call the Attendance Line: (513) 777-6194 (Option 1)
Email Our Secretary: contactlibertyecs@lakotaonline.comPlease say and spell the child’s first and last name, reason for the absence, your name and relationship to the student and a number where we can reach you. If your student is ill, please provide detailed symptoms of your child's illness (stomach issues, headache, any fever, throat pain, etc.).
Email Our Secretary: contactlibertyecs@lakotaonline.comPlease say and spell the child’s first and last name, reason for the absence, your name and relationship to the student and a number where we can reach you. If your student is ill, please provide detailed symptoms of your child's illness (stomach issues, headache, any fever, throat pain, etc.).
Automated Attendance Calls
Lakota uses ParentSquare to alert parents/guardians of any child’s unreported absence from school. This automated system helps expedite our daily process for absence notifications and uses the same parent/guardian phone number and email address provided through FinalForms (viewable in Home Access Center or ParentSquare).
Attendance notices are sent via email and text (if a mobile number is available); a phone call or voicemail will be delivered ONLY if a text message is undeliverable. Attendance notices are also sent as urgent alerts, meaning it will override any parent/guardian's decision to opt out of school or district messages.
If your child is absent or going to be tardy from school for any reason, you must notify the school within an hour of the start of the school day. If your child is marked absent and you have not reported the absence by this time, you will receive an attendance notice around 11 a.m. To respond with the absence reason, you will need to call the main office or log into and respond within ParentSquare. Failure to report the reason will result in an unexcused absence.
Attendance Procedures
- If the school has been notified of an absence, it is not necessary to present a note to the office. If a parent/guardian has not notified the school of an absence, the student must present, upon their return, a note stating: date(s) of the absence, reason for the absence, signature of parent/guardian and telephone number.
- Phone calls will be made to parents when unexcused absences become excessive.
- After ten (10) absences, a letter may be sent home to document and inform the parents/guardians regarding the number of absences.
- After twelve (12) absences, the school will require medical documentation from a physician to excuse further absences.
- A student who arrives to school after the start of the student day must report to the office for an admission slip.
- The Butler County Attendance Officer will work directly with the schools in implementing the attendance policies of the district.
Tardy Procedures
- Any missed portion of the school day up to four and a half hours is considered a tardy. Any missed time above 4 and a half hours is considered a full day absent.