We sent out a survey about the New Tardy Policies to 20 teachers and recorded their responses with the questions asked in the form.
On average, how many tardies do you receive in a day?
The number of tardies teachers see would range from 3 to 10 per day.
Have there been any instances where students/teachers have approved or disapproved the new tardy policies?
“The students on the third floor do not like going down to the cafeteria to get their passes signed. It takes a lot of time.”
“I haven’t heard anything this year. I do know that in the morning it’s hard because some students are not in charge of how early they arrive at school so I think there should be some leeway.”
“I’ve heard conversations from both students and teachers that disapprove the new policy. Some teachers are fine with it, but I haven’t heard any students say that they like the new policy.”
Have you noticed an improvement over the student’s attendance, grades, or learning?
“I think the attendance is too early to tell just yet, but for tardies its been about the same”
Around half of the teachers, we surveyed have indicated improvement in their students’ learning, grades, and attendance.
“I think that more students are in class which always improves learning.”
“No, not as a result of the new policy.”
“I have noticed an improvement as students show up on time and don’t miss out. This has improved their grade as well.”
So far, do the new late policies make an effort to better this year’s school’s attendance, in comparison to last year?
“Yes, because now kids can still get to class and not miss a whole block period.”
“I think it is around the same”
“Not that I’ve observed.”
Half of the teachers surveyed answered to yes.
“Students are missing several minutes of class waiting to get escorted back to class.”
“It is comparable to last year, which was much better than the years before.”
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“The students who miss school often are usually the same students and they miss all day not usually specific classes.”
“I think there should be someone to do tardies on each floor, too many students crowed the cafeteria.”
“Personally, I like that students aren’t missing the entire class period now if they are late.”
“Sweeping students to the cafeteria allowed classes to operate uninterrupted by students who have a general disregard for the bell schedule. Allowing students to enter late without immediate consequence doesn’t reinforce the school policies well. However, our hands are tied with the new DOJ guidelines.”