Attendance

Things to know

• Absences may be excused for three reasons:
  1. personal illness
  2. death in the immediate family
  3. school related absence
• You do not need to call in your student's absence. You are required to submit a parent or doctor note to the Attendance Office within 48 hours of the student's return from absence. If it is easier, you may email vicky_sulaica@roundrockisd.org or fax the note to 464-6190, attn: Vicky Sulaica.

  If a student is absent due to illness for five consecutive days or more, a doctor’s note is required.

• If you need to pick your student up early, you can send a note in to the Attendance Office the day of or up to 48 hours prior to scheduled appointment. The note requires a working day time phone number because we will call to confirm. If the parent does not confirm the note, the pass will NOT go out. For unscheduled/unplanned appointments, you must come into the Attendance Office to pick your student up early.
• Should you receive an attendance letter, please contact the number provided on the letter for any questions/concerns you may have.
• The attendance clerk cannot change a teacher's attendance. You must contact the teacher that can verify a student's attendance
• Students that are more then 10 minutes tardy to class are counted absent. Only the teacher can tell if the student was present during any portion of the class period.
• Juniors and Senior can have 2 absences due to college visits per year. These visits will not affect exemptions or credit but must be documented with a note from the college.
• Excused absences can still result in loss of credit or loss of exemption status. The only absences that do not count toward exemptions are school-related activities, religious observances, doctor appointments, and college visits.
• Excessive Absences can result in any, or all, of the following:
  • Loss of credit for a class, regardless of grade
  • If you need to request a VOE form, do so in the student's Assistant Principal's office. Please expect a 24 hour turnaround.
  • Truancy charges filed against the student
  • Denial of TEA Verification of Enrollment (VOE) form
  • Denial of exam exemptions
• For additional attendance information, please refer to pages 37-45 of your 2012-2013 Secondary Student-Parent Handbook.