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TARDY POLICY
Philosophy- Academic success is directly correlated to attendance and tardies. Administrators, advisers, security, teachers, students and parents must work together to make sure students are present and on time to each class of the day. We must change the culture of the school and attitude of the students. They must understand that it does matter if they are on time. There must be consequences for tardies, but there must also be a strong effort by each person in our community to help students get to class on time.


This policy is three pronged and will only work if each and every person involved participates.
It is broken down into the following three areas:
  1. Teacher participation
  2. Effective Tardy/Attendance Sweeps
  3. Saturday School/Suspension
Each person has a role:
Administrators- will support advisers and teachers by assigning and monitoring Saturday School.

Advisors- will counsel repeatedly tardy students, make parent contacts and assign Saturday School. They will also supervise during tardy/attendance sweeps and follow up with their students who are caught during the sweeps.

Security- will patrol the campus, help students get to class on time and help wandering students get back to their classes.

Teachers- will make every effort to monitor the hallways during passing periods and especially the first 5 minutes of their conference period. Keep the traffic moving and be a positive adult presence. Show students that teachers do want them to be on time. Teachers will record attendance daily in their roll books and web attendance. Teachers will not allow students out of class without a proper hall pass. Teachers will make parent contacts when tardiness becomes a problem. Teachers will also play their role in the tardy sweeps by locking their doors and not allowing tardy students to enter after the tardy bell rings.

Students- will arrive to each and every class on time. They will attend Sat. School if it is assigned.

Parents- will support their child in arriving to school on time. Parents will communicate with teachers, advisers and administrators and support the discipline process.
TARDY POLICY
  • 1st and 2nd tardy - Teacher warning
  • 3rd tardy - Teacher notifies parent and adviser. (Documented)
  • 4th & 5th tardy - 2-hour Saturday School (beginning at 8:00 a.m.)
  • 6th and above - 4 hour Saturday School assigned.
  • If students do not show for Saturday School they will be suspended from school for 1 day the following week.

Students must change their attitudes re: tardies. It does matter if they are present and on time. They should not be wandering the campus for any reason.

Parents must support their students in arriving to school on time each day.

 

Updated 10/09/03