Tardies

  • Parents are not required to accompany their student into the office when they are late. If you wish to clear your student’s tardy, you can either call the office or send a note in with your student with the reason for the tardy.  

    If the tardy was due to a medical/dental appointment, please ask the Doctor to provide a note to excuse the tardy. 

    Tardiness falls into 3 categories:

    1. Tardy to school, under 30 minutes – Students should report to the attendance desk in the front office if they arrive to school after the bell rings.  If their arrival is between 8:00am and 8:30am, the tardy will be considered unexcused unless the student has a note from a parent or medical professional and the reason for the tardy falls under the Ed Code, (see above under Absences)

    2. Tardy to school, over 30 minutes – Parent note/phone call or a medical note is required to clear or excuse a tardy 30 minutes or more after the start of the school day. If parent contact is not made, the tardy will be considered truancy.

    3. Tardy to class – students are to be in their seat when the class bell rings.  If they are not, the teacher will mark them tardy.                                                                                                                                                                                                         

    EXCESSIVE TARDIES/TARDY DETENTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

    Students who have recurring tardies to any period will have disciplinary consequences.  Each time a student accrues 5 tardies during their first period or 3 tardies in period 2 - 7,  they will be assigned detention and demerits are added to the student’s disciplinary record.  Excessive tardies throughout the semester will also result in further disciplinary consequences.