Please take a moment to click on each menu item to the left and view the contents. 

The Attendance Q & A tab will have some great answers to most of the questions you may have.  If your questions are not answered after viewing the information on each menu item, please contact us using the contact information below. 

*For self checkout requests, please ensure your request is sent to us at least 24 hours in advance or the morning of the request; by 1st period. Please be reminded students are only eligible to self checkout if they meet the qualifications on the Attendance Q & A tab.*

If you have questions regarding your student being counted absent for a class period, please contact your student's teacher for that class period. The teacher will either forward a correction to the attendance office or explain why your student was not in class. 

Thank you and have a great day,

HHS Attendance Office

***We DO NOT accept phone calls or voicemail messages as documentation for a student's absence.

Best way to contact:  HHS Attendance Office:  Email Attendance

Office Hours: 8am - 4:30pm

Other contact information:
HHS Attendance Secretary Camille Tobias, (512) 268-2911, EXT 46204
HHS Attendance Clerk, (512) 268-2911, EXT 46244

Documentation needs to be submitted within 5 days of the absence. The note should include: Student’s full name, ID #, Date(s) of absence, Reason for absence, Parent contact phone number, Parent signature (or electronic signature if sent by email). We DO NOT accept phone calls or voicemail messages as documentation for a student's absence.

Please use the link below to report a student absence.  After submission the form will be automatically routed to the HHS Attendance Office (Email Attendance)  You will have the option to print the form after submission.

Link to the HHS Student Absence Report Form

Students who do not attend at least 90% of the class sessions, whether excused or unexcused, will be denied credit for the course.  Letters will be sent home to parents of students who have lost credit due to excessive absences at the end of each semester.  In addition, courses for which credit has been lost due to excessive absences will be indicated with an asterisk (*) on the student's report card. 

Students who lost credit during the Fall Semester must complete the credit recovery process by no later than the last Friday of May in order to regain credit.  Students who do not regain credit will be required to re-take the course in order to earn credit.

Credit can be regained at Hays High School by:

1. Attending teacher tutorial sessions before 8:45 am or after 4:15 pm.

2. Attending Saturday School from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm on days that Saturday School is scheduled (sign up in the Assistant Principals' Office).

3. A combination of options 1 & 2 above .

4. Effective February 24, 2020, tutorials during the “Megalunch” will not count toward make up hours for any student in any grade.

Hays High School does not accept Community Service Hours.

Students who choose to attend teacher tutorial session should record their hours on the Credit Recovery Tracking Sheet (link below). 

Once completed, this form should be delivered to their Assistant Principal for approval.  Once approval is granted the form will be turned in to the Attendance Office who is responsible for tracking completed hours.  Once sufficient hours have been accounted for, the attendance office will notify the campus Registrar to release the hold on the credit.

Students who have excessive absences due to extenuating circumstances may file an appeal with the campus Attendance Committee.  Appeals must be filed by no later than 30 days following the conclusion of the semester in which credit was denied.  Students who wish to file the appeal must use the form below and submit it with documentation that the student would like the attendance committee to consider.

Attendance criteria for earning an exemption:

Students must have had no more than 4 qualifying absences this semester.  View the attendance code chart for qualifying absences by clicking the Attendance Codes tab.  There is a grade criteria as well.  Please see link below for complete information about exemptions.

Students need to be diligent throughout the semester to ask teachers about absences in question.  The attendance office must have something in writing from the teacher in order to change an absence.

Documentation of an absence must be given to the attendance office within 5 days of the absence in order to excuse it. (absence must qualify as an excused absence)  Parent notes received after the 5th day will go on file, but the attendance code will not be changed.

VOE Form

The VOE form is required by DPS when a currently enrolled student is applying for, or renewing, their driver's license or permit. All campus obligations must be cleared before a VOE can be issued to a student. Obligations include textbooks, attendance hours, and fines. Please complete the information below. All information is required. Please allow 24 hours to process this VOE request. VOEs expire 30 days from date of issuance.