Common use of Excused Tardy Clause in Contracts

Excused Tardy. If a student arrives late to school due to excused absences or events outside their control, such as weather, transportation delays, health emergencies, power outages, or court orders, they will be excused if they follow the sign-in procedure. For students who don't take the school bus, their parent/guardian or carpool driver must sign them in as tardy after 7:55 a.m. Once signed in, students will receive a "late slip" for admittance to class. Students arriving after the start of first period and signed in by a parent/guardian will be given a tardy pass and must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping. Unexcused Tardy: Arriving late without a valid excuse, such as oversleeping, missing the bus, car problems, traffic, babysitting, athletic workouts, or socializing, is considered unexcused. Students arriving after the start of first period must follow the sign-in procedure and receive a tardy pass. Students must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping.) Habitual School Tardy If a student is unexcused tardy more than ten (10) times in a calendar month or twenty-five (25) times in a 90-calendar day period, we will refer them to the school counselor or school attendance clerk. We want to provide the necessary support to help students get to school on time. Refer to the Truancy section for more information regarding excessive tardies and absences. Class Tardy Students are given four minutes of class transition time, with warning bells, to get to each class during the school day. We expect all students to be seated in their assigned seats when the class bell rings. If a student is tardy, they must get a special pass from the designated staff to be allowed into the classroom. If a student has checked in late through the front office, they should have an admit slip to class from the front office. We understand that sometimes tardiness might be unavoidable, but we want to ensure that students make every effort to be on time. Repetitive tardiness may result in disciplinary consequences based on our Minor Offense cycle. Class Cuts/Skipping A "class cut" occurs when a student is absent from class for more than 5 minutes without permission from the teacher or authorization from the office. If a student needs to leave class for any reason, they should first report to class, obtain permission to be excused, and receive a pass from the teacher. If a student is too ill to report to the office, they should have another person (student or staff) notify the office immediately to give appropriate attention to the student. If a student is sick, they should report to the front desk/clinic and use the school phone to notify a parent or guardian. Make-up Work for Absences – Excused or Unexcused Regardless of whether an absence is excused or unexcused, students are responsible for completing all the work missed during their absence. To ensure that students have adequate time to catch up on missed work, they will be given the same number of days as their absence to complete assignments. To have an absence excused, students must submit a note to the school office within three days of returning to school. All assignments can be accessed through the OSS-Connect website, which is available 24 hours a day. If students require additional materials for an assignment, they may request them upon returning to school. Parents should contact the teachers through email and follow the teachers’ make-up work procedures as outlined in their syllabi. The student must find out what work they missed and when it is due upon returning to school. Failure to do so may result in a zero for each missed assignment. Make-up tests for students who were absent will be scheduled at a time designated by the teacher, and it is the student's responsibility to take the test at that time. Failure to make up a test without making other arrangements may result in the teacher not being obligated to set another time for the make-up. Students participating in out-of-state competitions will be excused from assignments given on competition days.

Excused Tardy. If a student arrives late Late arrival to school due to as a result of reasons defined herein as excused absences or as a result of events outside their control, physically out of one’s control such as inclement weather, documented transportation delays, health related emergencies, power outagesoutage, or compliance with court orders, they will order shall be considered excused tardy if they follow the sign-in procedureprocedure is followed . Students who are transported to school other than School Buses (if applicable) and arrive late to school by vehicles must have their parent(s)/guardian(s) come into the school office to sign the student in as tardy, and provide the reason for the tardiness. For students who don't take carpools arriving late, the driver responsible for the carpool that day must come into the school busoffice and sign in each student as tardy, their parent/guardian or carpool driver must sign them in as tardy after 7:55 a.m. and provide the reason for the tardiness. Once the student(s) have been properly signed in, students they will receive get a "“late slip" ” for admittance to class. Students arriving after the start of first period and signed in by a parent/guardian will be given a tardy pass and must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping. Unexcused Tardy: Arriving late to school with or without the knowledge of parent/guardian, as a valid excuse, result of reasons such as oversleeping, missing the bus, car problems, traffic, babysittingbaby-sitting, athletic workouts, or socializing, is considered unexcused. Students arriving after the start of first period must follow If the sign-in procedure and receive a is not followed the student(s) will be marked as unexcused tardy passregardless of the reason for the tardiness. Students must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping.) Habitual School Tardy If a student is who are unexcused tardy more than five (5) times in a calendar month or ten (10) times in a calendar month or twenty-five (25) times in a 90-90 calendar day period, we will refer them period may be referred to the school counselor or school county social worker. OSES adheres to OCPS attendance clerkpolicy and procedures. We want to provide the necessary support to help students get to school on time. Refer to the Truancy section for more information regarding excessive tardies and absences. Class Tardy Students are given four minutes of class transition time, with warning bells, to get to each class during the school day. We expect all students expected to be seated in their assigned seats when the class bell rings. If a student is tardy, they must get a special pass from the designated staff to be allowed into the classroombegins. If a student has checked in late through the front officeFront Office, they the student should have an admit slip a “tardy slip” to class from the front office. We understand that sometimes tardiness might be unavoidable, but we want to ensure that students make every effort to be on timeFront Office. Repetitive tardiness may will result in student receiving disciplinary consequences consequence based on our the Minor Offense cycleViolation Discipline Cycle. Class Cuts/Skipping A "class cut" occurs when a student One conduct point is absent from class assigned for more than 5 minutes without permission from the teacher or authorization from the officeeach tardy up to three tardies per week. If a student needs to leave class for any reasonThereafter, they should first report to class, obtain permission to be excused, and receive a pass from the teacher. If a student is too ill to report to the office, they should have another person (student or staff) notify the office immediately to give appropriate attention to the student. If a student is sick, they should report to the front desk/clinic and use the school phone to notify a parent or guardian. Make-up Work for Absences – Excused or Unexcused Regardless of whether an absence is excused or unexcused, students are responsible for completing all the work missed during their absence. To ensure that students have adequate time to catch up on missed work, they each tardy will be given the same number of days as their absence to complete assignments. To have an absence excused, students must submit a note to the school office within three days of returning to school. All assignments can be accessed through the OSS-Connect website, which is available 24 hours a day. If students require additional materials for an assignment, they may request them upon returning to school. Parents should contact the teachers through email and follow the teachers’ make-up work procedures as outlined in their syllabi. The student must find out what work they missed and when it is due upon returning to school. Failure to do so may result in a zero for each missed assignment. Make-up tests for students who were absent will be scheduled at a time designated by the teacher, and it is the student's responsibility to take the test at that time. Failure to make up a test without making other arrangements may result in the teacher not being obligated to set another time for the make-up. Students participating in out-of-state competitions will be excused from assignments given on competition daysassigned two points.

Excused Tardy. If a student arrives late to school due to excused absences or events outside their control, such as weather, transportation delays, health emergencies, power outages, or court orders, they will be excused if they follow the sign-in procedure. For students who don't take the school bus, their parent/guardian or carpool driver must sign them in as tardy after 7:55 7:45 a.m. Once signed in, students will receive a "late slip" for admittance to class. Students arriving after the start of first period and signed in by a parent/guardian will be given a tardy pass and must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping. Unexcused Tardy: Arriving late without a valid excuse, such as oversleeping, missing the bus, car problems, traffic, babysitting, athletic workouts, or socializing, is considered unexcused. Students arriving after the start of first period must follow the sign-in procedure and receive a tardy pass. Students must be in class within 5 minutes of the posted time to avoid being marked as skipping.) Habitual School Tardy Tardy‌ If a student is unexcused tardy more than ten (10) times in a calendar month or twenty-five (25) times in a 90-calendar day period, we will refer them to the school counselor or school attendance clerk. We want to provide the necessary support to help students get to school on time. Refer to the Truancy section for more information regarding excessive tardies and absences. Class Tardy Tardy‌ Students are given four minutes of class transition time, with warning bells, to get to each class during the school day. We expect all students to be seated in their assigned seats when the class bell rings. If a student is tardy, they must get a special pass from the designated staff to be allowed into the classroom. If a student has checked in late through the front office, they should have an admit slip to class from the front office. We understand that sometimes tardiness might be unavoidable, but we want to ensure that students make every effort to be on time. Repetitive tardiness may result in disciplinary consequences based on our Minor Offense cycle. Class Cuts/Skipping Skipping‌ A "class cut" occurs when a student is absent from class for more than 5 minutes without permission from the teacher or authorization from the office. If a student needs to leave class for any reason, they should first report to class, obtain permission to be excused, and receive a pass from the teacher. If a student is too ill to report to the office, they should have another person (student or staff) notify the office immediately to give appropriate attention to the student. If a student is sick, they should report to the front desk/clinic and use the school phone to notify a parent or guardian. Make-up Work for Absences – Excused or Unexcused Unexcused‌ Regardless of whether an absence is excused or unexcused, students are responsible for completing all the work missed during their absence. To ensure that students have adequate time to catch up on missed work, they will be given the same number of days as their absence to complete assignments. To have an absence excused, students must submit a note to the school office within three days of returning to school. All assignments can be accessed through the OSS-Connect website, which is available 24 hours a day. If students require additional materials for an assignment, they may request them upon returning to school. Parents should contact the teachers through email and follow the teachers’ make-up work procedures as outlined in their syllabi. The student must find out what work they missed and when it is due upon returning to school. Failure to do so may result in a zero for each missed assignment. Make-up tests for students who were absent will be scheduled at a time designated by the teacher, and it is the student's responsibility to take the test at that time. Failure to make up a test without making other arrangements may result in the teacher not being obligated to set another time for the make-up. Students participating in out-of-state competitions will be excused from assignments given on competition days. Early Checkouts‌ If a student is removed from classes or leaves the school before the official end of the school day with a parent or legal guardian, this is considered an early checkout. A photo ID is required to check out a student, and only persons who have been previously approved by the parent(s)/guardian(s) and officially recorded on the student’s records at school will be allowed to check out a student. To be considered "in attendance" for a school day, a student must be present for at least half of the school day, excluding the lunch period. If students leave school before meeting this requirement, they will be considered absent for the day. Please note that parents are not permitted to check their students out of school after 2:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 1:20 p.m. on Wednesdays. Truancy‌ Ensuring consistent attendance is crucial for maintaining a quality education, and we take truancy very seriously. A habitual truant is defined as a student who has had at least 5 unexcused absences, or absences for which the reasons are unknown, in a calendar month or 10 unexcused absences, or absences for which the causes are unknown, within a 90-calendar-day period. When a student is truant, this demonstrates a disregard for their education, and immediate consequences will follow. Please note that no credit will be recorded for any work missed due to truancy.