Tardiness

A student who is tardy to class will be assigned to detention hall. Repeated instances of tardiness will result in more severe disciplinary action. Tardiness disrupts class instruction and does not enhance the desired habits of learning to be prompt. A strict policy will be used to encourage students to be on time to their classes. A student will be counted as tardy only during the first 15 minutes of class. After that time, a student who enters class late will be counted as absent. If arriving to school after the initial bell has rung to begin class (7:55 am), a student must sign in with the attendance clerk to document his/her time of arrival and receive an admission slip before entering the classroom. This procedure should be followed regardless of the time of day when the student arrives at school late. Also when a student is going to be tardy for the first period class of the day, they must sign in through the attendance office and receive an admission slip before entering the classroom. Those students with off campus lunch (Seniors) must sign in through the attendance office if they are tardy for their next period class following their scheduled lunch time. Underclassmen (freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) may only be checked out for lunch if a parent signs the student out in the office. The student must sign back in at the office on time for their next period class. Failure to do so will result in an unexcused absence for that class.

Note: Three (3) tardies will count as a class period absence for purposes of exemptions for semester exams.