Finch Tardy Policy

  • We at Finch Elementary want to help prepare our students for success in academics and in life after school. Research has shown attendance to be an excellent indicator of such success as it instills good habits of responsibility and timeliness. As an encouragement for our Finch students, we recognize students each month and trimester for perfect attendance. We also have a policy in place that provides a chance for students to give back time they have missed in an after school setting.

    A student will receive one after school detention for every tardy they have after 10 in a semester. For example, a student receiving his/her 11th tardy will receive an after school detention. Then if they have a 12th tardy the next day, week, or month, they will receive another after school detention. This process will continue until the end of the semester.

    Every semester will have all students return to zero and begin a fresh start.

    • Excused tardies are not counted against the student.  Excused tardies are distinguished as a medical appointment and excused with a note from the appointment.  Tardies caused by inclement weather will be determined by school officials as excused or unexcused.

     

    • Attendance would be done everyday at 8:35 with the expectation that all students are in class at that time.  This grace period is to help relieve the time and crowd crunch of getting into the building and putting things away out in lockers.