But at the same time, students would no longer be ticketed by police if they were late on the way to school — a process that had encouraged some tardy students to miss school altogether rather than risk being fined a sum their parents couldn't afford.
Questions about the instructors' level of commitment to the course were evident from behaviors such as: "absent," "tardy," "unprepared/unorganized," "keeps students overtime," and "deviates from syllabus".
One Ridgefield teacher said most of her students are tardy, due to late bus arrivals, disrupting the school day.
The commandeering of the Game Boy unnerved her, as did the sudden appearance of students bearing blue tardy slips, the mid-lecture phone calls about field trip forms and all the other intrusions on her impassioned flow of thoughts about Greek tragedy.
The policy builds on earlier agreements to reduce police citations and fines for students who were tardy or absent.
Another will help teachers track attendance, displaying photos of students and a choice of four status buttons ("present," "tardy," "absent" or "excused").. Students will be able to use the devices to check their syllabi and course calendars, receive emergency alerts, order subs from the local Quiznos and keep up with city events.
School officials point to the popularity of the new GI Bill and a lack of planning for what to do if the federal government was tardy in sending funds as reasons why students are still waiting on their benefits.
Michael Wara, a law professor at Stanford University, doesn't flunk the president, but in a "Your Dot" contribution offers a tough critique, as if facing a student who keeps making excuses for tardy inadequate work: You and I usually see eye to eye on the complex reality of climate change policy.
The average tardiness of those who were tardy fell from 16.75 min (5.59) to 2.0 min.
