Tardy Policy

Tardy to School or Class

Being on time to class...

  1. Increases the instructional time for the student.
  2. Reduces the interruptions to the learning environment, improving the quality and time for all students.
  3. Teaches time management and reduces student’s stress.
  4. Punctuality is a practice valued by business and society; students should be trained in this practice while in school.

Tardiness is defined as:

  1. Not arriving to class on time and/or sitting in the teacher’s assigned seat and being ready to learn after the tardy bell has rung.
  2. Any student who is tardy by more than 30 minutes from the student’s first period of the day will be regarded as absent for the period and must be excused by parent/guardian’s note or email to the Attendance Office.  

Excusal of a Tardy:

  1. A parent/guardian may, through a written note or email to the Attendance Office, excuse their student’s tardy to their first period of the day.
  2. Tardies during the school day may only be excused by campus staff. 

Corrective Action for Unexcused Tardiness (by class period) will be as follows, per academic quarter:

  1. On the 2nd and 3rd tardy- Students will be reminded of the tardy policy and expectations, as well as consequences for continued tardiness. Parents/guardians will be contacted by the teacher to work on a resolution to the tardiness. 
  2. On the fourth tardy- Parents are notified by their student’s teacher and the student assigned detention. 
  3. After the fifth tardy- Parents are notified by their student’s teacher, a progress report for a U in citizenship is issued, and referral is made to the administration, and a formal entry into the student discipline file is made.

Chronic tardiness (10% or more days of enrollment) will result in an attendance contract, the possible removal of school privileges, a Saturday School detention, and/or a possible“U” in citizenship.