Students are expected to be in class on time every period.  A student is tardy if not in class when the bell indicating the start of that period rings.  A student is excused if he or she has a timed pass signed by a teacher or other school staff member.   The excused student gives the pass to the teacher, sits down and begins class.

A student is unexcused if there is no pass.  A student’s tardy will not interrupt an entire class.  When the teacher is ready, the student will fill out a lunch detention slip. The student may then join class.  An unexcused tardy is entered into the student’s attendance record. 

The teacher will always confer with a student about an unexcused tardy. A second unexcused tardy will earn a teacher/student conference, a lunch detention and a parent contact, usually by phone, to inform the parent of the tardy and the policy.  Habitual unexcused tardies will earn the lunch reFOCUS and a formal referral to the student advisor; additional consequences could be either academic reFOCUS or in school suspension.  If a student continues to be tardy a parent conference will be required. All tardy communications will be documented in “IC”.