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Getting to Class On Time at SMS
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Students are responsible for getting to classes on time. On time means in the classroom when the bell rings at the start of class. Being to class on time is a skill we work to develop with our students and holding them accountable to those behaviors helps build that skill.
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What is considered TARDY?
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- The first bell rings at 7:25 am and students are released from the gym, cafeteria, or library.
- Students are considered tardy if they are not in class at 7:30 am.
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What happens when a student is tardy?
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Teacher-based Actions
- Teachers will mark the student TARDY in Infinite Campus for attendance.
- Teacher will reflect tardiness in Work Habits grade
- Teacher will speak with the student and their family about tardies, emphasizing the importance of being to class on time. Teacher will document conversation in Infinite Campus.
School-based Actions
- Tardy report from Infinite Campus run weekly for administrators.
- A set number of tardies will be identified each week.
- Students reaching that number or beyond will have an administrator assigned lunch detention in the main office for a week
- Continued tardiness will result in a problem-solving meeting with the student and family to develop a plan so that the student can be successful, as well as school-based consequences.
- Repeated or frequent weeks on the tardy list can result in:
- In School Suspension
- Saturday School
- Continued lunch detention in the main office for a week.
- Loss of privilege
- Alternate passing
- Escorted passing
- Loss of participation in activity (assembly, team building, dance, etc.)
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