Carroll High School: “Late-to-School”s
The following is a mini series that I’ve decided to start about Carroll High School. I will discuss topics that the students find somewhat “unfair” and hope to explain them, or atleast give both sides. If it seems that the reasoning for one side overrules the other, then hopefully, the administration at CHS will feel the same…
Carroll has a policy, as described on page 10 in the student handbook, that if the student is late to their first period class, they will receive a “late-to-school.” The following is a list of what happens when the student receives multiple “late-to-school”s.
- 3rd & 4th: Detention
- 5th & 6th: Saturday school, 30 day driving probation
- 7th: 1 day ISS, 60 day driving probation, request parent conference
- 8th: 3 days ISS, 60 day driving probation
- 9th: OSS, parent conference
- Habitual: Recommendation for expulsion
If the student is late to any other class period, the same punishment is provided, sans the driving probation.
The concern with this is, if the student arrives to school on time, but stays in the common area too long, perhaps working on homework, a project, reading, or just plain-out socializing, and then is late to first period, what is to differentiate between that “late-to-school” and just a regular tardy?
Well, one doesn’t really need to worry about that. As you can see, the punishment for a “late-to-school” and a tardy are exactly the same besides the driving probation for the “late-to-school”s.
In theory a student could get as many as four tardies before receiving punishment: Two “late-to-school”s and two regular tardies. However, I won’t suggest it. The administration will probably catch on…
In conclusion
It doesn’t really matter that you receive a “late-to-school” vs. a regular tardy, as long as you don’t drive to school. You still have five “late-to-school”s before you can’t drive for thirty days. The “late-to-school” really just doubles the number of tardies[1] (to first period), and is just another name for a tardy.
Comments (3 comments)
Very true, however I like the idea of trying to get 4 “late to schools” without getting in trouble. Would be quite the unique experience.
Noga / January 19th, 2008, 12:05:51 am / #
No kidding the school is screwed up and shouldnt even bother with the “late to school” rule because they dont know for sure if u were or not. And its not for them to decied. There are also other rules that need some sjustment like the Dress code. Dont get me wron its good but there are some girls that get away with it every day and any girl with comon sence in Carroll Knows that if they were to wear any shirt that you can see through they would be busted on the spot!!! and there are girls that think that they can get away with low cut shirts and there thongs hanging out i mean COME ON!!!!
Jessica Moss / March 18th, 2008, 8:26:38 pm / #
Jessica to an extent the school cannot tell if you were late to school, but they can if you were late to class. There comes a point after about 6 minutes that you most likely were late to school. Now am I saying it’s a good rule? no. After the legal age which I believe is 16 in Indiana it should be your choice whether or not to go to school. There is an obvious economic benefit to going to school and getting an education, and I don’t agree with anyone dropping out. However if it happens they shouldn’t be afforded welfare and health care because of their poor decisions. If they really want something and they want to drop out of school they need to get a job.
As for the dress code rule, again I want to say that I believe it should be the person’s choice upon what they want to wear. I mean how distracting is it if I can see someone’s shoulders? That clearly isn’t taking away from my learning abilities. There should be a limitation on “inappropriate” material clothing but to a certain extent it should be whatever you want to wear to school.
I completely agree with your points I just wanted to make you think about the other side. That’s all. [:
Noga / March 19th, 2008, 10:34:21 pm / #
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