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Tardy Policy: Is it going too far? |
As
you have experienced, students have between five to six minutes to get to
class. Are five to six minutes really enough? Think about it: we have to
carry all these weighty books starting from foreign language classes all
the way to media building.
What I really don’t think is
fair is that when you come to class after the tardy bell rings, you get
detention right after you arrive! Saying you were coming all the way from
the district isn’t going to work. Many
students have experienced this. We
know that our parents aren’t going to be very happy about it. I know
that the school has good reasons but the teachers don’t understand that
carrying these books and getting to class on time isn’t as easy as they
think.
You get three chances before you
get detention. One of the
rules in here is that if you’re late for a good reason you are required
to get a note from a teacher.
Sometimes that doesn’t work;
you have to have a really good excuse to get out of detention. The El
Segundo Student Handbook states that students are expected to be in class
and ready to learn during instructional time. No student shall be the hall
without a signed pass by a teacher that states the students name and the
time he/she left class. The students who violate this rule will receive an
automatic 45 minutes of detention to be served next morning.
This really isn’t necessary because that means that if you’re
gong to bathroom and you lose your pass, then you automatically get
detention.
Yeah, some teachers are more
lenient and generous when it comes to passes and “ good excuse tardies
“ but some teachers aren’t. Some schools go too far in order to teach
students to come prepared on time. But until we get our lockers, students
should get more than five to six minutes to get to class.
Ivonne
Bustamante, a freshman said,
“I do agree with the tardy policy, because if they didn’t have it,
people would get to class whenever they felt like it and I don’t because
lots of people have to walk from the district all the way to the other
side of the school.”
Another freshman named Shelly Rodriguez replied, “I
don’t agree with the tardy policy because people from the district
barely have time to walk from there to the main building I think they
should give us more time.” Ling Wang, a senior said, “No, even
though the policy encourages punctuality, many students do not have the
option of being on time because of the long distance students must walk.
However, the tardy policy is pushing students to run to class. It’s
quite unreasonable far those who must make changing classes into a
marathon.
Senior, Chris Pory said’
“No the tardy policy is has good intentions, which is to encourage
students to be on time, however, it is somewhat ridiculous and overly
strict especially with all the construction going on, I think the tardy
policy should apply only to chronic tardiness, or those who have a habit
of being lat. I think the school should raise the number of tardy
acceptance or clear the tardy at the end of six weeks instead of on
Valentines Day.”
I was in detention last week,
for what other than, being late to class, I couldn’t help but notice
that everyone there had one common reason, that’s right TARDY!”