Mr. Larson emailed the info below on 2.11. This is just a second reminder since it sometimes takes me a couple reminders before something new sinks in. :-)

We are looking to approach first-hour tardies a little differently moving forward. Why?

1. When students come to the office for the pass, they are missing more instructional time & interrupting your class a second time (once when they were late & a second time when they return with the pass).

2. The new coding will help us to determine if it is a student situation or a family situation resulting in the student's tardiness.

What's the new process for 1st hour Tardies?

Students arriving to class late without a pass, who have been in the building:

1. Report directly to class

2. The teacher will mark the student tardy with a "T"

3. To minimize disruptions, students will no longer report to the Main Office for a pass but remain in the classroom

Students arriving late to school after buzzing in:

1. Report directly to the Main Office

2. Sign in & issued a pass from the office to your room

3. Documented as "TRDU"

These codes will help us to determine who is already in the building prior to the start of the school day and who is arriving late due to family situations.

The following steps will be used to address first hour tardies (office managed/reset quarterly):

1. Student conference with Administration

2. Parent communication via phone messaging

3. Discipline measures as deemed necessary for repeat offenses

Review of tardy procedure for 2nd-8th hours (teacher managed/reset quarterly):

1. For each offense mark student "T". Student notified of tardy documentation

2. 2nd offense: Two-way parent communication via email or phone. Teacher/Classroom Detention issued with IC documentation

4. 3rd and future offenses: IC Referral for "Excessive Tardies" to be office managed

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