Attendance
Attendance Procedures
Student Early Dismissal Procedures
Utilize the QR code located at the top of the page. To ensure a smooth dismissal process, submit requests as soon as possible. We ask that you submit your early dismissal request at least two hours before your student is to leave campus. This allows adequate time to locate your student in the building(s). Please note requests will not be processed after 3:45 p.m.
*Early dismissals may not be submitted via Skyward.
Ninth-Grade Campus Early Dismissal Request Form
10th - 12th Grade Early Dismissal Request Form
Absence Requests/Excuse Notes
If your student is absent, please submit one of the following as an excuse note.
- Doctor’s notes for any kind of medical appointment MUST be submitted via email, fax, or delivered to the Attendance Office. Doctor’s notes are required in order to be excused. Please submit legible notes.
- Court of law or other government entity notes MUST be submitted via email, fax, or delivered to the Attendance Office within ten days of the absence.
- Parent or guardian notes MUST be made in writing withinfive days of the absence. However, submitting an absence request via Skyward is the quickest way to update your students' attendance.
All parent or guardian notes in writing must include the following information:
- Date(s) of absence
- Student school ID #
- Reason for the absence
- Signature of parent or guardian
- Phone number in Skyward for verification
Please submit your excuse note(s) as quickly as possible.
*Please note: We are unable to excuse an absence based on a phone call.
Other Important Information
- In the event that your student arrives at school late they must sign in to the Attendance Office.
- Students must sign out before leaving campus through the Attendance Office. If your student returns to campus the same day, your student must also sign back in at the Attendance Office. This is imperative as your students attendance is affected if the student does not sign back into the Attendance Office.
- All COVID-19 cases no longer have a quarantine period per the CDC guidelines. However, if you are sick you must be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication before returning to campus.
- All of Rockwall ISD campuses are considered closed campuses and students are not permitted to leave campus during lunch without a parent or guardian present. RHS does not permit outside food or drink.
- If your student is in Athletics for their last period of the day, it is imperative to submit the early dismissal request two hours prior as students in Athletics are often outside.
- If your student leaves early for any reason, a note is required to excuse their absence.
Attendance Policy
The Texas Compulsory School Attendance Law requires that a student between the ages of 6 and 18 must attend school each day for the entire period that the school's program of instruction is provided. School employees must investigate, report, and if necessary, prosecute violations of the state compulsory attendance law. According to the Texas Education Code 21.041, students must be in attendance 90% of the instructional days each semester to receive credit for any class. A student who attends fewer than 90% of the days the class is offered cannot receive credit for the class unless the attendance committeefinds that the absences are the result of extenuating circumstances or allow the student to make up the time to restore credit. For questions about the RISD Attendance policy, you mayfind additional
information in the student handbook.
Ninth-Grade Campus: Contact Me
Kristin Illig
Attendance Clerk
RHS Campus: Contact Us
Meghan Almaraz
Attendance Clerk
Renee LaPare
Attendance Clerk