Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Tardy policies My school district has a tardy policy. The policy is warnings the first three tardies, a parent contact on the fourth tardy, and a referral on the fifth tardy (and a referral on any referral after five). The problem is there are hundreds of students tardy to classes each block. So the office does not punish the students (other than conferences) stating they cannot punish hundreds of students. What can teachers do to fix this tardy issue? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) If the school as a whole cant enforce the tardy issues they are having then do so in class increments. When a student is late to your class either deduct 5 points from students grade or have them pulled aside from the rest of the class and have them work on a research paper for the lesson that is to be taught today. this way students will want to get to class on time so they dont spend the entire class writing or having their grade docked 5 points each tardy.