Martin Luther King High School has a tardy policy in order to maintain minimal classroom disruptions.  Consequences for students not arriving to class on time will include detention, Saturday School, and/or suspension.

First period tardy policy:

• Students arriving late to school with an excused note will report to the attendance office.  Unexcused notes will be accepted, but a consequence will be given.

• Students arriving to school after 8:00 am (with or without a note) will report to the Attendance Office.  Without a note, students will receive a consequence.  A note received after the tardy will not change the consequence.

• If the student does not have a note and arrives before 8:00 am, he/she will report to class and receive a teacher-administered consequence for the tardy.  The student will receive a detention for tardies one through three.  In addition, the parent must be contacted at least once during the first three tardies.

• On the fourth unexcused tardy, the student will receive a referral to the Attendance/Discipline Office and the consequence will be an administrative detention.

• On the fifth through the seventh tardy the student will receive a referral to Attendance/Discipline Office and the consequence will be Saturday School.

• On the eighth tardy and beyond, the student will receive a referral to Attendance/Discipline Office and the consequence will be SSR/suspension.

Tardy policy for periods two through six:

• Tardies one through four will be an administrative detention.

• Tardies five through seven will be a Saturday School.

• On the eighth tardy and beyond, the student will receive SSR/suspension.

For additional information please contact:

Lanna Goffman
AP Discipline (A-K)

Mike Rhodes
AP Discipline (L-Z)