TheodoreRooseveltHigh school

TARDY POLICY AND PROCEDURES

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students at RooseveltHigh School. A student is considered tardy upon arrival to any class after the tardy bell. The needs of physically disabled students are taken into consideration.

School-Wide Tardy Sweeps

  • Are coordinated by the PSA Tardy Program Coordinator
  • Take place for 1st period and after lunch only
  • Take place across the entire campus
  • Are announced over the PA system.

Tardy Sweep Procedures

  • Supervision aides, deans, support staff, and administrators escort tardy students to the TardyProcessingCenter
  • 1st period and after lunch tardies are recorded in the Innovative School Software Tardy Sweep Program
  • One hour of detention is assigned every time a student is caught in a tardy sweep
  • Tardies and detention hours are monitored by the PSA Tardy Program Coordinator for appropriate consequences and interventions
  • Teachers record student attendance and tardies in ISIS
  • Teachers assign classroom consequences for tardies other than 1st period and after lunch

Serving Detention Hours

  • Reporting to the cafeteria, or covered eating area, after school and working on school assignments
  • Attending RHS’s Tutoring Program
  • Completing community service hours (requires pre-approval by AP of Attendance)
  • Participating in a school-sponsored event/activity (require pre-approval by AP of Attendance)

Tardy # 1 – 3

  • Student is warned and counseled by processing center personnel and teacher
  • 1 hour of detention is assigned

Tardy # 4 – 6

  • Phone call to parent/guardian by PSA Counselor/Ed Aides/Community Reps to inform of tardies, detention hours, and future consequences
  • Letter to parent/guardian mailed home

Tardy # 7 – 9

  • Parent conference held by PSA Counselors
  • Referrals to school resources, or outside resources, if appropriate
  • Continue phone calls to parent/guardian
  • Continue mailing letters home

Tardy # 10

  • Dean intervention
  • Student is placed on a Daily Check
  • Student is placed on an Attendance Contract
  • STUDENT IS INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL SPONSORED ACTIVITIES

Tardy # 10+

  • Continue with counseling, detention, conferences, phone calls, letters, referrals, daily checks, home visits, etc.
  • Intervention by SLC Lead and SLC Administrator
  • Intervention by Administrator in charge of Attendance
  • Review Daily Checks
  • Review Attendance Contract
  • Conference with student and parent/guardian
  • Set-up and conduct Tardy Workshops for students and parents
  • Monthly monitoring of Tardy Police implementation and effectiveness
  • Reports and updates to stakeholders

Additional Tardy Program Support

  • Deans
  • Conduct Interventions after Tardy # 10
  • Assist in Tardy Processing Center
  • Assist with Unannounced Tardy Sweeps
  • Teachers
  • Record student tardies on ISIS
  • Assign classroom consequences for tardies other than 1st period or after lunch
  • Contact parents
  • Keep students in the classroom for the first and last ten minutes of class
  • Issues official hall pass to any student who leaves the classroom
  • Educational Aides and Community Reps
  • Assist with entering tardies in software program
  • Assist with interventions after tardy # 3, including phone calls home, scheduling parent conferences, and mailing letters home
  • Assist with Tardy Workshops