Attendance/Tardy Procedures
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Absences
- Send a parent note or a doctor's note with your child within 3 days of returning to school to receive an excused absence.
- Note must include: 1) Student's Full Name 2) Date of absence 3) Reason 4) Parent Name 5) Parent Cell Number 6) Parent Signature.
- If you have access to a printer at home, you may use the absence note template. Whether you hand write the note or use the template, you must turn in a hard copy to the school.
- Only 3 excused absences will be allowed per semester.
- Students must turn in absence notes before the 1st period tardy bell.
Perfect Attendance
- A student must attend all 7 class periods each day to receive a perfect attendance award at the end of the school year.
- Checking out early will count against perfect attendance.
Tardy Procedures - Tardies are cumulative and not per class.
- 1st - 4th Tardy = Warning
- 5th - 6th Tardy = Detention
- 7th - 9th Tardy = Thursday/Saturday 3-hour Detention
- 10th+ Tardy = ISS/Possible OSS Assignments
Excessive tardies could result in ISS. First period tardies may result in revoked student parking privileges.
For more in-depth information regarding student attendance, please refer to the Student Handbook and/or the following Board Policies:
- FEA (Legal) Compulsory Attendance
- FEA (Local) Compulsory Attendance
- FEC (Legal) Attendance for Credit
- FEC (Local) Attendance for Credit
- FED (Legal) Attendance Enforcement
Attendance Clerk
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Amber Rocha
281-328-9237 ext 1822
Absence Note Template
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You may either handwrite your child's absence note or use the template form linked below, but students must turn in a signed, hard copy to the attendance clerk:
Absence Note Template