LATE TO SCHOOL
Students must be in their Advocacy (homeroom) period at 7:46 a.m. Late to the advocacy period is considered late to school and will be recorded as such by the advocacy period teacher during the advocacy timeframe.
If a student arrives late to school, he or she must sign in at the front lobby or report to the Attendance Office on the first floor of the main building before proceeding to classes.
A late slip will be issued and should be shown to his/her class teacher.
Students missing class (es) due to tardiness shall receive a zero for quizzes, tests and/or assignments missed. A student may not come to school for a single class or take a test and then leave. Violation of this rule will result in a zero for that class assignment on that day.
LATE TO CLASS
If a student is late to class, the Class Teacher may assign detention in the auditorium on the same day at 2:30 pm. A student shall receive a separate afternoon detention for each class late in a school day. If a student is late to class 3 or more times in a school day, that student may be placed in the Saturday Detention (SD) program. After the 3rd cumulative late to the same class, a parent conference will be scheduled with the appropriate administrator to discuss the reasons for lateness and to develop corrective action plan. After the 5th cumulative late to the same class, the student may be placed in SD and a parent conference will be scheduled with the appropriate administrator to discuss the reasons for lateness and to develop corrective action plan.
EXCESSIVE SCHOOL POLICY VIOLATIONS
Any student that excessively violates school policy will face disciplinary action in an attempt to remedy the situation. The following school policy violations may result in these consequences:
Excessive ID violations, Late to Class, School Uniform and/or cuts (not in the same class DETENTION.
All detentions are in the cafeteria at 2:30 p.m.. There is NO TALKING during detention and students are required to bring schoolwork. The duration of detention is one hour.
A missed detention will result in two additional makeup detentions. A missed makeup detention will result in one Saturday Detention (SD).
Detention shall be assigned for the following:
Afternoon Detention
Late to school
Cutting classes
Late to class
Violation of school ID policy
Other minor school policy infractions
SATURDAY DETENTION
A student may be assigned to the Saturday Detention (SD) program for committing an infraction of the school regulations or for repeated misbehavior.
This assignment will be on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Release from SD is contingent upon satisfactory completion of assignments and may require a parental/guardian conference with the administration. A student may also be assigned to Extended Saturday Detention for repeated misbehavior upon the discretion of the administration.
Extended Saturday Detention will run from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Infractions resulting in placement in Saturday Detention may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Insubordination
Excessive cuts
Vandalism
Theft
Fighting
Forgery
Violation of dress code
Repeated offenses of school rules
Disrespect
Missing makeup detention
Not signing in late to school
Refusal to surrender beepers
Disruptive behavior radios, etc.
Incomplete or unsatisfactory completion of SD assignments
Use of foul or inappropriate language
A student may be recommended for out-of-school suspension for violation of school rules and/or policies. Continual violation of school rules and/or policies could result in a student being recommended to the Board of Education for possible expulsion.
SATURDAY DETENTION REGULATIONS
1) You must report at 8AM in Full Uniform (pants and polo shirt) and have your ID.
2) If you are not in full uniform, you will be sent home and assigned 2 Saturday Detentions.
3) You are not allowed to bring iPods or any other electronic devices. Any such devices will be confiscated and returned ONLY
to the parent/guardian.
4) If you bring a cell phone, it must NOT BE VISIBLE AND MUST BE OFF, OR IT WILL BE CONFISCATED
5) No Talking or any other kind of communication between students is allowed.
6) No food or drink is allowed in the auditorium or other detention site.
7) *** Any student removed from Saturday Detention for not following the rules will be given 3 DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION
8) Only a DOCTOR’S NOTE will be accepted for a missed Saturday Detention.
9) A Missed Saturday Detention will result in two Make-up Saturday Detention Assignments.
10) Missing any of the two assigned Saturday Detentions may result in three Out-of-School Suspension + parent conference.
TRUANCY
Truancy is defined as absence from school without parent’s or guardian’s knowledge. Any student who is found to be truant may face disciplinary action and not return to school unless accompanied by his/her parent or guardian.