Tardies to School and Class Policy

Harding Senior High School believes: regular school attendance relates directly to success in academic work, benefits students socially, provides opportunities for important communication between teachers and students, and establishes regular habits of dependability important to the future of the student. The purpose of this policy is to encourage regular school attendance.

This policy also recognizes that class attendance is a joint responsibility to be shared by the student, parent or guardian, teacher, and administration. This policy will assist students in attending class. The school district expects students to achieve a 95% attendance rate, meaning a student is not absent more than 9 days total in a school year or its equivalent in class periods.

Definition: A student is tardy when he or she is not in class and seated for the first period of the school day (at 7:30 a.m.)  or in the classroom and seated at the beginning of each class period.

Detention: A 30 minute detention to take place after school on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

** IMPORTANT NOTE:

            If a student is tardy to his/her First Period class and does not have a pass from the front desk, he/she is considered tardy to class and is assigned a detention from his/her teacher. If the student is tardy and has a pass from the front door, detention was assigned at the front door.

Tardies for “Detention Procedures” for students without a tardy slip:

                1) Tardy-for-Detention list will be placed in the classroom for students to sign                       when they are tardy.

                2) List is turned in by the teacher at the end of the day to the Main Office.

                3) Students who are late for detention have the option of  completing  the  

                     detention on the next two  detention days – Tuesday or Thursday.

                4) Students who are tardy for at least one period must serve an after-school 

                     detention when detention is next served (if, for example, the student is tardy on 

                     Monday, he or she must serve the detention on Tuesday.)

                5) School-Wide tardies list will be posted in the atrium and e-mailed staff wide on

                     a daily basis, tardies to school will also be posted.

                6) (A) If student does not attend the agreed upon detention day, they will be

                     dismissed at the end of the day and parent meeting will be required to readmit  

                     the following day.

                    (B) Students who fail to meet the detention required will be reported to their

                    Academy Administrator for further disciplinary action.

                7) Administration will conduct random hallways sweeps periodically. Students 

                     who are found tardy during these sweeps will be dismissed.

ATTENDANCE:

District Policy: Be in school and in classes at least 95% of the time.

                             All absences must be phoned in by a parent or guardian. 651-793-4719

                             Excused absence examples  include: illness, doctor, family emrgencies,  funerals

                             Un-excused absences examples include: babysitting, vacations

Students wishing to leave early must have a note, signed by a parent or guardian, with the student's name, CIF#, reason and time to leave the building.