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Attendance Matters!

Attend Today Achieve Tomorrow in Aledo ISD Attendance Matters!

Addressing chronic absence is a key component of improving graduation rates, increasing academic achievement and giving young people the best chance at success in their adult life. 

How to report an absence

In Aledo ISD, phone calls are not accepted as documentation for absences. Parents are welcome to give a courtesy call to the attendance clerk to report an absence, but a note will be required upon the student’s return to school.

New for 2024-2025, all student absences (grades PK-12) should be reported through this form.

Report Absences Here button

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TEXAS STATE LAW

Texas State law requires students (when healthy) attend school each day that instruction is provided. A parent/guardian commits an offense of thwarting compulsory attendance under Texas Education Code Sec. 25.093. Unexcused absences on 10 or more days or part of the days is a Class C misdemeanor.

TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SEC 25.092

Minimum Attendance for Class Credit or Final Grade. (a) Except as provided by this section, a student in any grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 may not be given credit or a final grade for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least 90 percent of the days the class is offered.

FUNDED BASED ON ATTENDANCE

Schools in Texas are funded based on student attendance, not enrollment. State withholds funding to Aledo ISD for each day the student is absent from school. Click here to learn more about Aledo ISD budget and funding.

Just one percentage tick up on average attendance for the school year in AISD (from, say, 94% to 95%) would mean an additional $400,000 in funding for our district!

Attendance Times by Campus

The following are the times attendance will be taken each day by each Aledo ISD campus:

  • Aledo High School/Daniel Ninth Grade: 9:37 a.m.
  • Aledo Middle School: 9:35 a.m.
  • McAnally Middle School: 9:40 a.m.
  • Annetta Elementary: 8:50 a.m.
  • Coder Elementary: 9:30 a.m.
  • McCall Elementary: 9:30 a.m.
  • McKinney Elementary: 9:30 a.m.
  • Stuard Elementary: 9:30 a.m.
  • Vandagriff Elementary: 9:30 a.m.
  • Walsh Elementary: 9:35 a.m.
  • Early Childhood Academy: 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.