I received an absence notification, but believe that my student was tardy to class.
I received an absence notification, but believe that my student was tardy to class.
If you believe your student was tardy rather than absent, here’s what may have happened and what you can do:
Attendance Policy: Students who enter the classroom at any point after the tardy bell rings, they must have checked in to obtain a Minga tardy pass. Minga will automatically notify the teacher of the tardy and send an electronic hall pass. Students are considered tardy if they arrive to class during any point of the class period. However, if a student was skipping, for example, he/she received a tardy pass, but instead of going straight to class, he/she went wandering for a while and came into the class during the last 15 minutes of class, that would be a teacher discipline referral and consequences will be assigned for skipping, not an absence.
Possible Teacher Oversight: If your student arrived within the first 9 minutes, the teacher may have moved on with instruction and forgotten to update the attendance.
What to Do Next:
Check your student’s Home Access Center (HAC) to see which period they were marked absent.
Email the teacher of the specific period and CC the Attendance Office, asking them to verify and correct the record.
Only a teacher email sent directly to the Attendance Office can update an absence to a tardy.
The Attendance Office can be reached at MHSAttendance@mckinneyisd.net.