Northwestern High School - Rock Hill School District

all students when they enter a classroom. Tardiness causes a valuable loss of time. Tardiness is
also evidence of a lack of self-discipline and should never be tolerated as habitual behavior. Tardy
to class/school is defined as: not being seated in the classroom ready to work when the tardy bell
rings. Physical Education students are to be in their assigned roll call areas when the tardy bell
sounds.
Please note that tardies due to traffic, running out of gas, oversleeping, flat tires, loss of
electrical power, eating school breakfast, etc., are not excused tardies. Excuses for tardies should
be submitted to the attendance office. Tardies to class will result in disciplinary action.
1 ST Tardy Warning; call to parents 7 th Tardy 1 day ISS, administrator call
2 nd Tardy Lunch Detention (15 min.) call to parents 8 th Tardy 1 day ISS call to parents
3 rd Tardy Lunch Detention (15 min.) call to parents 9 th Tardy OSS call to parents
4 th Tardy After-school detention (1 hour); letter to pares 10 th Tardy OSS call to parents
5 th Tardy Saturday Detention (3 hours); call to parents 11 th Tardy OSS call to parents
6 th Tardy 1 day ISS; administrator calls parents 12 th Tardy LTS
Note: Please refer to lock-out policy on page 11.
LATE ARRIVALS TO SCHOOL
All students who arrive late to school should report directly to the attendance office to sign in
and receive an admittance pass before going to lockers or reporting to class. This includes students
that arrive during class change times. Failure to sign in at the attendance office will result in
referral to the office.
Late bus passes will include the time they were issued and are to be turned in to the teacher as
you enter class. When a student fails to sign in, his/her absence is not changed to reflect attendance
in school. This can pose a serious problem for students and their parents, in terms of being
awarded credit for classes taken, in determining if make-up work can be submitted, and if needed
by parents or officials for legal purposes. It is for these reason that failure to comply with this rule
will be taken as a serious offense and will not be tolerated.
EARLY DISMISSALS FROM SCHOOL
Students must have the school’s permission to leave campus once they arrive on school rounds.
A student may be dismissed with written permission from the parent or legal guardian.
Students with written excuses who desire to be dismissed early will present such excuses to the
attendance clerk upon arrival at school in order for the excuses to be verified. The only time early
dismissal notes will be accepted in the attendance office will be before school. Parents/guardians
are not to sign out students in other than emergency situations without prior notification in
writing to the attendance office. Only those parents and emergency persons listed on the student
information card will be allowed to pick up students for early dismissal. Information forms are sent
home with students the first week of school. The school needs to be informed in a timely manner
of any changes that may occur during the academic year in the information provided to the school
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