Topic 4-04-5 – Tardiness
Tardiness is defined as arriving in any class after the bell for the start of class has rung.
First Block of the Day
- Classes begin promptly at 8:00 a.m., and we encourage students to be dropped off or arrive on their own between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m.
- Students who are fifteen (15) minutes or more tardy to the first class of the day must go to the Attendance Office to obtain a tardy slip before attending their first class. Twenty (20) minutes or more tardy is considered an absence and the student is subject to disciplinary action.
- Students will receive detention beginning with the fourth tardy to school each semester. Detention is waived in consideration of unforeseen circumstances for the first three tardies of each semester.
- Students who arrive more than twenty (20) minutes late Tuesday through Friday or ten (10) minutes late on Mondays will be considered absent.
- Tardiness to any class is a school infraction. It may be excused only when it is the result of a counseling or other appointment with a school official and the student presents the teacher with a note from that person.
- Credit may be withheld if a student accumulates an excessive number of unexcused tardies.
A significant number of tardies in the same class may be considered an absence.
T = (Tardy) late arrival within the first 15 minutes of class.
N = (No Credit) 20 minutes or more late to class Tuesday through Friday; 10 minutes or more late on Monday.
Consequences for tardies to school (T, N,) and/or class include the following:
- Detention.
- Regular Probation: Assigned upon accumulating ten (10) tardies and remains in effect for five (5) weeks. Students placed on Regular Probation must complete two (2) detentions during the probationary period.
- Strict Probation: Assigned upon accumulating fifteen (15) tardies. Students placed on Strict Probation must complete four (4) detentions and are ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities, including athletics, clubs, dances and other school-sponsored activities, for the duration of the probation period.
- Discipline Review Board: Students who accumulate twenty (20) tardies will be referred to the Discipline Review Board for further review and possible additional disciplinary action.
- Loss of course credit.
