Attendance

Upper Arlington Schools believes that regular school attendance is vital to student success. 

Per Board of Education Policy 5200 - School Attendance, if their child has been absent from school or from class for any reason, parents/guardians must notify their child’s school of the cause for such absence.  

Parents/guardians may use the pre-planned absence form below to notify their school principal at least 10 days in advance, when possible, of a planned absence.

Pre-Planned Absence Form

To report a student absence due to illness or unplanned circumstances, please contact your child’s school using the notification methods outlined on this page.

Religious Expression Days

A state law allows a student’s parent or guardian to request up to three religious expression days for each school year without any academic penalty. Religious expression days may be used to take holidays for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system or participate in organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or other religious or spiritual organization. A parent or guardian that would like to request religious expression days, must submit up to three religious expression days within the 14 school days after the start of the school year.

Non-exhaustive list of of religious holidays, festivals and observances