Attendance
Attendance calls are made for the safety of your child. Attendance notifications are sent when your student is marked absent from school. If you know your child will be absent from school because he/she is home sick or has an appointment for the day, please notify the school. Please log in to the Smart Tag Parent Portal to document the absence. Eanes ISD will not accept phone calls to document an absence.
- Any student that arrives to school after 10:00 AM will be counted absent. Unless a doctor's note is provided the same day when you return to school.
Parents of elementary students unable to enter the absence in Smart Tag, and all secondary parents, must provide written notice, within 5 school days of the absence, to the school office. Any written or emailed notes received after the allowed 5 days will be accepted, but noted as late and the absence will not be adjusted.
To see your child's attendance record, please check Skyward Family Access.
2024-25 Eanes ISD Attendance Updates
Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, absences in Eanes ISD will be coded as Funded or Unfunded. Eanes ISD receives approximately $53 per day per student for students either attending school or having a funded reason for being absent. This revenue, called Average Daily Attendance, accounts for 81% of our operating budget. Eanes ISD loses approximately $1 million per year due to unfunded absences.
Previously in Eanes ISD, funded reasons for being absent were coded as Excused absences. Starting in the 2024-25 school year, these absences will now be coded as Funded. Funded absences are defined by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and outlined below. Unfunded absences are any other absences not specifically described.
There are often valid reasons for Unfunded absences, and parents are strongly encouraged to provide documentation and communicate with the school around any absence. This documentation can be factored into discussions around school district attendance processes including determining grades and course credit, truancy, chronic absenteeism and final exam exemption considerations at the high school level. However, the attendance code of Documented will no longer be used starting in the 2024-25 school year.