Attendance Policy

Students are expected to arrive on time (7:30 a.m.) and attend school every day. Parents are responsible for ensuring consistent attendance in school and modeling the importance of punctuality.  Excessive absences and/or chronic tardies harm your child’s ability to learn at the same pace of their peers and directly impacts the amount of funding our school receives.   Most importantly, excessive absences may result in retention at the end of the school year.  Please request a conference with our school support team to discuss any concerns regarding attendance.

Absenteeism (excused and unexcused) adversely affects our school’s TEA rating and funding.  All absences are unexcused until an acceptable excuse note has been submitted to the office. An absence may be investigated by the attendance officer assigned to the school.

The reason for the unexcused absence must be stated in writing and received by the school within three days after the absence.  Excuse notes may be written and signed by the parent/guardian of the student or emailed to our registrar at robertsregistration@houstonisd.onmicrosoft.com.  

If your child has a medical or dental appointment and is not present at the 9:00 attendance time but is able to attend school after his/her appointment, bring a “Return to School” slip from the medical professional.  You should submit the "Return to School" slip at the reception desk and obtain a permit for your child to go to class.  Upon receipt of the documentation, the office will change your child's status from "absent" to "present" for the day.

Please note that you will receive a phone call from the attendance office notifying you of an absence even if the absence is excused and you have already sent a note or an email to the office.