Throckmorton Collegiate ISD believes that student attendance rates direct impact their success at school. In fact, regular school attendance is essential for a student to make the most of his or her education. Attendance is the education equalizer. The achievement gap has less to do with ethnicity, gender, economics, or geography and more to do with students being at school on time each and every day. Chronic students absenteeism dramatically undermines student success, school performance, and the growth of our youth.