Lateness and poor attendance (public school, uniform, cafeteria, principal)
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Okay, I have to vent about an issue. My school starts at 8:00am (actually the doors open at 7:15 for breakfast). We regularly have students who arrive at school about 9:00-10:00. Ironically, many of the students who show up late are those who need the most help. They miss a lot of the school day, including small group tutoring. Worst of all, they miss breakfast. There's not too much we teachers can do about feeding the hungry children because the cafeteria closes to prepare for lunch at this time.
The majority of the children who attend my school and are late live only a few blocks away (maybe a 5 minute walk). It makes me so angry; of course not at the children, but at the parents. I've even had children who don't attend school because "mommy did not want to wake up". So, does anyone have a solution to this problem? How can the children learn if they are missing so much school?
What is your school's policy on tardiness? If there is one, is the administration enforcing the policy? If not, not much you can do...it's the parent's responsibility to get their children there on time. It is unfair to the other children who show up on time if you have to spend more time back pedalling for the latecomers or absentees. Things like these really irritate me the most...public school is free, people always quip and say they are "entitled" to an education, yet there are those who don't take advantage of this opportunity, and wonder why at their lot later on in life.
What is your school's policy on tardiness? If there is one, is the administration enforcing the policy? If not, not much you can do...it's the parent's responsibility to get their children there on time. It is unfair to the other children who show up on time if you have to spend more time back pedalling for the latecomers or absentees. Things like these really irritate me the most...public school is free, people always quip and say they are "entitled" to an education, yet there are those who don't take advantage of this opportunity, and wonder why at their lot later on in life.
There isn't too much that can be done about it. I work in an elementary school. In high schools, tardiness will have an effect on the grade. Our school really does not do this. Sometimes, the school will do a home visit for too many absences. A child can be held back for not attending, not really lateness.
Doesn't your school have a 'so many tardy make an absence' policy? Or are the rolls not really monitored? The teachers could demand a note for every late entrance...the parents would get tired of that rather quickly.
Unfamiliar, was not a truant myself until Middle School.
Doesn't your school have a 'so many tardy make an absence' policy? Or are the rolls not really monitored? The teachers could demand a note for every late entrance...the parents would get tired of that rather quickly.
Unfamiliar, was not a truant myself until Middle School.
We don't have the 'so many tardy make an absence' policy in elementary school. Many teachers call the home and send notes. The parents make excusesand promise to send the children on time. The children sometimes come on time for a day or two, then they are back to their old ways.
As far as demanding notes, you can ask that they send notes, but they don't.
We don't have the 'so many tardy make an absence' policy in elementary school. Many teachers call the home and send notes. The parents make excusesand promise to send the children on time. The children sometimes come on time for a day or two, then they are back to their old ways.
As far as demanding notes, you can ask that they send notes, but they don't.
I'm in NY
Isn't there some policy that makes being 10 minutes late different from being 2 hours late?
It's going to take some kind of action against the parents. Unfortunately, there's probably nothing you could do yourself...the school would have to. Doesn't NY State have some type of law relating to truancy and penalties for the parents?
You could always try offering some type of reward to kids who are on time.
It's going to take some kind of action against the parents. Unfortunately, there's probably nothing you could do yourself...the school would have to. Doesn't NY State have some type of law relating to truancy and penalties for the parents?
You could always try offering some type of reward to kids who are on time.
We are fighting poor attendance, parents who don't want to send their children in uniforms (despite the fact that they voted to be a uniform school), and lateness. It is so frustrating.
The school may be able to call Child Services and say that the parent is being neglectful. However, keep in mind the CS is very busy with cases of physical abuse and will not be willing to jump on it. I'm not speculating here, I asked a family member who used to work for CS. She said that tardiness would be a low priority.
If free breakfast isn't an incentive for the parents, what is? I'm not being cheeky here, I'm very serious. What kind of incentive do you think would work?
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