2019-2020 North
Cobb Tardy Policy
UNEXCUSED TARDY TO SCHOOL for 1st
block/homeroom (per semester)
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1st – 5th
Tardy to School
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Warning and parent contacted
by school automated call system
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6th Tardy to School
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Administrative referral - Parent contact, 1 administrative after
school detention & loss of parking for 45 days
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12th Tardy to School
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Administrative referral – Parent contact, 1 day ISS, loss of parking
for rest of semester & referral to Social Worker
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18th Tardy to School
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Administrative referral – Parent contact,
2 days of ISS & Social Worker notification
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24th & increments of 6 Tardy to School
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Administrative Referral – Parent contact,
3 days of ISS & Social Worker notification - (Also code as G-4)
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AFTER SCHOOL DETENTION – Each week Monday – Thursday 3:45 – 4:45 PM
UNEXCUSED TARDY TO CLASS for 2nd, 3rd
and 4th blocks (per semester)
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1st Class
Tardy
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Teacher warning about
being late to class – mark T in Synergy attendance
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2nd Class
Tardy
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Teacher warning about
being late to class and next tardy to class will result in call home – mark T
in Synergy attendance
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3rd Class
Tardy
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Teacher warning & parent
notification of 3rd tardy to class and that 4th class
tardy will result in teacher detention – mark T in Synergy attendance
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4th Class
Tardy
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Teacher assigned detention
& parent notification for 4th tardy to class and that 5th
class tardy will result in an administrative referral – teacher to mark T in
Synergy attendance
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5th Class
Tardy
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Administrative referral
- 1 administrative after school detention assigned & parent notification with
warning that 6th class tardy will result in another administrative
referral with 1 day of ISS being assigned
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6th Class Tardy
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Administrative referral
- 1 day of ISS assigned & parent notification of ISS with warning that
all further class tardies will result in an administrative referral for each
with 2 days of ISS being assigned
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7th Class
Tardy and Above
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Administrative Referral
– 2 days of ISS & parent notification of ISS with warning that all
further class tardies will result in an administrative referral for each with
2 days of ISS being assigned (Also code G-4)
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ABSENCE POLICY
EXCUSED ABSENCES – Students must
turn in absence note to Attendance Office within 3 days of returning.
The Georgia Board of Ed. states that students may excused from school
for the following reasons:
- medical doctor/dentist/psychologist/psychiatrist.
- personally ill and when attendance in school would endanger their
health or the health of others.
- serious illness or death of an immediate family member.
- special and recognized religious holiday observed by their faith.
- mandated by order of a governmental agency.
- conditions rendering school attendance impossible or hazardous to
their health or safety.
- registration to vote (not to exceed one day).
UNEXCUSED ABSENCES - If a
student is absent from school and doesn’t turn in an excuse note within 3 days
of returning and/or if a student is absent from school due to reason that is
not stated above by the Georgia Board of Ed., the absence is considered an
unexcused absence.