We are only accepting digital notes. Our email address is:

 attendancechs@fortbendisd.gov

 Absence notes must be received by the Attendance Office within 5 school days of returning to school, or it will result in an unexcused absence. Parents can email supporting documents along with their excuse notes. Documents can be scanned, or a photo can be taken and attached to the email. (doctor's, college, court or other)

Leaving School Early

The latest pick-up time is 2:20 p.m. Please plan to arrive at the front office no later than 2:10 p.m. in order to meet the 2:20 p.m. timeframe.

Students leaving school early for any reason must sign out prior to leaving campus, or the absence will be unexcused.

Arrive at the front office with your ID and request for your student. If you pick up during the passing period, please prearrange with your student to meet you at the front office before going to their next class period. Please refer to the bell schedule for this option. Otherwise, we will call for your student upon your arrival.

For students who drive to campus:

Written permission is required for students to drive to appointments. Please email the attendance office by 1^st period the day of the appointment and your student will receive a pass to sign out at our office. Once signed out they will receive a parking lot pass to leave campus.

Please include the following in the note for self-drivers:

• Include the phrase self-driver in the subject line
• Students' full name (and student ID if known)
• Dismissal time
• Reason for the early dismissal
• Please include that they have permission to drive to the appointment.

Students, regardless of age, cannot sign themselves out without prior parent written permission.

The district sends out a daily notification for all students who were absent for one or more periods of the day. Excuse notes can be sent to us by replying to that email notification.

If your student was marked absent in error, please email the teacher for that class period. The attendance office can only make corrections to the attendance record with the teachers email to our office.

• The district attendance policies and procedures can be found in the FBISD Student/Parent Handbook.

Tardies

• Class period does NOT contain the official attendance time (10:00 a.m.):
• If the student arrives up to 20 minutes past the start of class, the student will be marked Tardy for that class period. If the student arrives after the first 20 minutes, the student will be marked absent for that period.
• Class period that does contain the official time (10:00 a.m.; typically, 3rd period):
• If the student arrives to a class up to 20 minutes past the start of class, but before the official attendance time, the student will be marked Tardy for that class period. 
• If the student arrives to a class after 20 minutes of the class start time, but before 10:00 a.m. the student will be marked Late for that class period. After 10:00 a.m. it is an absence.