Attendance Matters!
• Regular attendance at school is important for you to be successful.
• All students must attend a minimum of 90 % of the days classes are offered. HOWEVER, by LAW, if you are absent without an excused reason for 10 or more days, or periods within a 6 month period, or three or more days or periods within a four-week period, a truancy warning will be issued by the FBISD police department.
• If you are not in class during the day, your parents will receive a call from the school that evening.
• Attendance awards are given at the end of your 8th grade year.
• All students must attend a minimum of 90 % of the days classes are offered. HOWEVER, by LAW, if you are absent without an excused reason for 10 or more days, or periods within a 6 month period, or three or more days or periods within a four-week period, a truancy warning will be issued by the FBISD police department.
• If you are not in class during the day, your parents will receive a call from the school that evening.
• Attendance awards are given at the end of your 8th grade year.
Attendance Procedures
• When a student is absent from school for any reason, the student must provide a note to the attendance office no later than the end of the second day upon returning to school.
• Hand written notes must be signed and dated by the parents. All notes must describe the reason for the absence and provide the parent’s contact numbers.
• Parent notes may be sent by email but must be received from a verified email account and be sent to the student’s teacher(s) the same day as well as the school’s attendance clerk.
• Hand written notes must be signed and dated by the parents. All notes must describe the reason for the absence and provide the parent’s contact numbers.
• Parent notes may be sent by email but must be received from a verified email account and be sent to the student’s teacher(s) the same day as well as the school’s attendance clerk.
Medical Note after an Absence
Due to an Illness
Upon return to school, a student absent for more than five (5) consecutive days because of a personal illness must bring a statement from a doctor or health clinic verifying the illness or condition that caused the student’s extended absence from school, thereby clearing the student to return to school.
Preplanned/Anticipated Absences
Notes for preplanned or anticipated absences should be sent to the school principal at least three (3) school days before the actual absences occur in order to determine whether or not the absences are considered excused. If a student should leave school from the nurse’s office for the remainder of a school day, the parent or guardian of the student should ensure that the attendance clerk is notified in writing of the student’s departure from school. Whether an absence is marked excused or unexcused, students will have an opportunity to complete any missed work upon their return to school. Teachers are not required to provide assignments or class work for students to complete during the time they are absent. (FBISD Student Handbook 2010-2011)
Make-up Work
• The number of days given to make up work assigned during an absence will be equal to the number of days missed.
• Every student is responsible for knowing the make up work procedure for each of his or her classes.
• If a test or major assignment was given before the student was absent, the student may be required to turn in the assignment or take the test upon their return. _
• Every student is responsible for knowing the make up work procedure for each of his or her classes.
• If a test or major assignment was given before the student was absent, the student may be required to turn in the assignment or take the test upon their return. _