Shafer Elementary Student Handbook - Campuses - Katy ISD

Absences:
Notifying School of Child’s Absence:
1. On the day that the student is absent, the parent/
guardian should contact the Attendance Clerk as early as possible
to notify the school of the absence. If a parent/
guardian does not make telephone or personal contact with the
Attendance Clerk, the student must bring a note signed by the
parent or guardian on the date of return to school. The note must
include the reason for the absence, the student’s grade level, first
and last name, and the dates of absence. Telephone or personal
contact by the parent with the Attendance Clerk is the
preferred method of reporting a student absence.
2. If the school does not receive timely notice regarding an
absence, the parent may be contacted by school staff or the
automated phone system to verify the absence.
3. Failure to establish parent telephone or personal contact with
the school on the date of absence or to provide a written note
to the Attendance Clerk within three days of absence will result
in an unexcused absence. Such lapse in notification may
trigger a compulsory attendance notification and/or court
warning notification from the Katy ISD Police.
4. On the student’s first day of return to school, the student will
follow campus procedures related to class re-entry. Some
schools issue permits, other schools do not.
Tardies:
A student is considered tardy when the student is not in the proper
place with all needed materials before the tardy bell rings. There are
no excused tardies for those students who arrive by a mode of
transportation other than riding a school bus. Students with
excessive tardies will be assigned disciplinary consequences as
outlined in the Katy ISD D.M.P./ S.C.C. In addition, tardies may be
used in presenting a student’s overall attendance record to the
court when a student has violated compulsory attendance laws.
Students who miss more than 50% of a given class period will be
counted absent for attendance purposes. Students checking out of
school for the day during a given class period will be recorded as
absent if the student leaves before 50% of the class period has