• Our office is now paperless! Please email all attendance notes to attendancehhs@fortbendisd.com.  If you are submitting a doctor’s note, you may scan or take a picture of the note and email it to us.
• All Excuse Notes (parent, doctor, court, etc.) MUST be emailed within five (5) days of return to school in order to count as excused.
• The following reasons will be excused:
  • Illness
  • Doctor Visit
  • Medical Reasons
  • Family Death
  • Religious
  • Court
  • Truancy Diversion Program
  • College Visit - 2 per year - 11th & 12th Graders Only - College Documentation Required.
  • *Explained Family Emergencies will only be excused if approved by Grade Level Principal.
• The following are NOT valid excuses and will be entered at Unexcused Absences:
  • Family Vacation
  • Car-Traffic Issue
  • Power Outage
  • Overslept
  • Missed Bus
  • Family Emergency without Explanation*.
  • *Unexplained Family Emergencies will not be excused. 
• Absences of four (4) consecutive days or more MUST have doctor's note to be considered excused. Shorter absences due to illness can be excused with a parent note.
• Students entering campus who DO NOT CHECK IN and/or students leaving campus who DO NOT SIGN OUT at the Attendance Office will not be excused for their absence.
• Students with Parking permit Early Dismissal or Authorize pick up by Non-Guardian:  
  • Parent note needs to be received by Attendance Clerk before school for verification with copy of Parent/Guardian's ID to dismiss student early or email to Attendance.hhs@fortbendisd.com.
• Anticipated absence of 3 or more days:
  • Parent note needs to be processed prior to absence with the student's assistant principal
  • Anticipated Absence Form must be completed & reviewed for Approval.
• 90% Rule: State Law requires a student to be in attendance a minimum or 90% of the days the class is scheduled to meet. If a student is in attendance less than 90% of the days the class meets, the student will not earn credit for the class until attendance is made up in an acceptable and approved manner.
• If you receive a call/email that your child was marked absent in class and feel this was done in error, please have the student talk to or email the teacher about changing the absence.  If an error is made, the teacher will email a correction to the attendance office.

NO STUDENT SIGN OUT IS ALLOWED AFTER 2:20 PM.