All public schools are required by law to maintain records to reflect the average daily attendance of their students. Students are expected to be prompt and regular in attendance. Students arriving after 8:15 are marked TARDY and must come to the main office for an admit slip. Students absent at 10:00 a.m., the district determined attendance period, shall be counted absent for the entire day. Students present at this time shall be counted present for the entire day. 19 Texas Administrative Code 129.21(a)

EXCEPTIONS
A student not actually on campus at the time attendance is taken may be considered in attendance for Foundation School Funding purposes if:

1. The student is participating in a Board-approved an extracurricular activity or public performance, which is under the direction of the District’s professional staff or an adjunct staff member.
2. The student is observing holy days, including days of travel to or from a site where the student will observe holy days. Excused days of travel shall be limited to not more than one day travel to and one day travel from the site where a student will observe the holy days.
3. The student has a documented appointment with a health care professional during regular school hours, if that student begins classes or returns to classes on the same day of the appointment. The appointment must be supported by a signed note from the health care professional. A student whose absence is excused for an appointment with a health care
   professional shall be counted as neither absent nor tardy.

ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION:

Parents will receive notification from the school attendance clerk when their child has accumulated eight (8) or more absences. According to the Texas Education Code, a student in kindergarten through grade four shall not be given credit or promoted to the next grade if he or she has been in attendance fewer than 90% of the days in a school year, unless an attendance committee designated by the Board grants credit because of extenuating circumstances. The principal has the authority to waive the committee hearing and may grant credit if it is determined that all of the absences were due to extenuating circumstance. Parents may be asked to provide documentation of personal illness. When a student is absent, parents are requested to call the office at 214-780-3405 as soon after 8:00 a.m. as possible to notify the school of the absence. All calls will be logged. In addition, the student must bring a written excuse for the absence upon returning to school.