• Attendance

    Attendance Clerk: Carole Fox

     

  • Report an Absence

    This form is for an ALL DAY, and CURRENT DAY only.

    All previous days, future days, and partial days need to be emailed to CaroleJFox@katyisd.org.

     

    Checkout cutoff time is 3:45pm

    CaroleJFox@katyisd.org
    Office: 281-237-8005
    Fax: 281-644-1660

    Absences/Tardies

    • To Report an Absence - Please notify the Attendance Office of your absence, via the online absence reporting form for each day absent, before 12pm (noon). Click on the Report an Absence link above, remember to only report the Current Day only.

    • ​Absences/tardies - All tardies/absences are unexcused unless accompanied by the following:
    • 1) Doctor's note 
    • 2) Parent's note must have the legal first and last name and reason.
    • 3) Completed online absence form explaining your student's tardy/absence (reason must be i​n accordance with District Policy for excused reasons).

    ​ ​Early Dismissals

    • Early Dismissals - You MUST present a physical picture ID when checking out your student. No phone IDs are permitted. Either a Driver's License or Passport is accepted.

    • Please allow 15 minutes for us to pull your student from class. To avoid a long wait, early checkouts for healthcare appointments/travel, and checkout cutoff time is 3:45. 

    • The only one allowed to pick up a student is the Parent/Guardian or Emergency contact on file. If you need to send someone else to sign out your student, the email must come from the Parent/Guardian on File and accompanied with a photo of your Driver's License or Passport stating the First and Last Name of the person picking up your child and your First and Last Name and your Child's First and Last Name, and the expected time. We cannot accept a handwritten note. Please have it emailed before first period, if it is the morning of the early dismissal. You may be contacted by phone or email if the information above has not been provided.

    Attendance Errors/Corrections

    • ​If you notice an error on your student's attendance, please email your student's name, date, and class period in question to the teacher AND the attendance clerk. For healthcare appointments and teacher corrections, please allow 24-48 hours to update the system. Parents can access their student's attendance history on the Home Access Center (HAC) to verify corrections. 

    Compulsory Attendance Notifications (CAN Letters)

    • A CAN Letter will be mailed when your student has one or more of the following, including full or partial days.

      • A student has three (3) or more unexcused absences in a four-week period.

      • A student has six (6) or more unexcused absences in a six-month period.

    • ​ If you receive a CAN letter from the district, you have only five (5) school days to resolve it with the school Attendance Clerk. Unresolved CAN letters may result in a Court Warning Notification and/or subpoena.  ​ 

    Failure to Attend School Notifications

    • A Failure to Attend School letter will be mailed when your student has excessive absences for personal illness for one or more of the following, including full or partial days.
      • A student exceeds five (5) consecutive personal illness days,
      • A student has eight (8) cumulative personal illness days in a six-month period.
    • All future absences will require a  Doctor's note from a physician or health clinic to be excused. 
    • Send a doctor's note when possible, to avoid having too many personal illness absences.  Also, if your student has scheduled appointments, try not to make the appointment during the same class period each time.  

    Attendance for Credit

    • All absences, excused and unexcused, are counted for the purpose of determining attendance for credit. For each course/class in which a student falls below the 90 percent threshold, a review of the record will be conducted, and the student may be required to complete a plan developed by the principal or designee in order to gain credit or be promoted. 

    For more details concerning attendance laws and violation consequences, please refer to the Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct booklet from the district, or click on Discipline Management Plan.