A
tardy is defined as a student arriving late to class (within 10 minutes)
Students
who arrive after 20 minutes are considered absent.
Thereare no excused or unexcused tardies – the system does not differentiate.
If a
student has some legitimate reason for being late and the teacher does not want
them to be “officially tardy”, the teacher should note the time/day they were
late but not mark them tardy in AERIES.
Absences
that are not cleared within 48 hours will be marked as an unexcused absent/cut.
All
period cuts will be issued a site consequence.
Teachers
should not keep a student after
class and make them late to the next class. Teachers do not have to see notes
from other teachers as “excused” tardies – it is at their discretion.
Teachers
should discourage students out the first or last 10 minutes of class unless it
is an emergency.
Consequences
for Tardies/Cuts:
Tardy Policy: The Tardy policy is based on progressive disciplinary
measures. Tardies will be managed
individually by teachers and administratively by Assistant Principals when they
become excessive. Each week an Assitant Principal will run a report and assign
detention to all students who have four or more tardies and or cuts.
Tenth Tardy: Will generate a
formal letter to the parent/guardian and a referral to the school student
attendance review team (SART) for further decisions on assistance, discipline,
or disposition on the student
Every three tardies
should equal a cut – three cuts, and the student’s participation grade for
that class can be lowered to zero. All period absences that are not cleared
within 48 hours will result in a school detention.
Students who have
more than 3 cuts (9 tardies) will not be allowed to participate in
extracurricular activities for that semester (dances, sporting events,
etc..).
All Tardies: Per the individual teachers’s classroom
management plan, the teacher will counsel the student, contact the parent/guardian, assign
teacher’s classroom detention. Every time a student is tardy they will
receive a phone call home from the autodialer.
School
wide activities to support timeliness:
Warm
ups at start of class to earn participation points
Golden
Treasures
Tardy
sweeps at start of one- two random periods every day
Perfect
attendance/no tardy “incentives” – certificates, etc.
Necessities:
All
teacher syllabi will define the participation grade and to state how much
of the class grade is based on participation.
