15% of the students of Fort Bonifacio High School (FBHS) were reported by the Student Affairs and Services (SAS) for habitual tardiness for the second quarter of school year 2023-2024.

“If you are still not inside the school premises at six o’clock (Kapag six o'clock wala ka pa rin sa loob), you are considered late and you will not attend your first period. You will stay on the ground, or we will let you write on the violation slip," said Ma. Elena Maldo, FBHS guidance counselor.

“The most common reasons [why students get late] are heavy traffic and waking up late (Ang madalas na rason ay ang traffic at late na magising),” counselor Maldo said.

For the second quarter alone, 396 out of the 5876 enrolled FBHS students were tagged for habitual tardiness (those who have entered the school premises late for three or more times) to wit: 107 were labeled habitually tardy out of 993 grade 7 students, 39 out of 1250 grade 8 students, 47 out of 1362 grade 9 students, 78 out of 1372 grade 10 students, 79 out of 452 grade 11 students, and 46 out of 547 grade 12 students.