Megan Taylor
The most common act of defiance at Germantown High among students is their lack of following the tardy policy. The tardy policy at GHS states that when a student receives three tardies to a class during any quarter, the student is called into an administrator's office. After the first three tardies, it only takes one more tardy to the same class for the student to be recalled to the office. Listed below are the consequences:
1st Offense: Overnight
2nd Offense: Cafeteria Duty for a week
3rd Offense: ISS
4th Offense: ISS
5th Offense: 3 days OSS
Although teachers are required to hand out tardies to late students, it still is at the teacher's discretion whether those tardies will be given.
“If they're not concerned about it, I'm not going to chase down a teacher,” assistant principal Nelba Thomas states.
Some teachers like Sophia Gossett are stricter with their tardies. Having two doors that you must walk through to enter the classroom, she requires that the student is through both doors to be counted on time.
“My junior year, I always ran to try and make it through both doors and suffered the consequence of a tardy when I didn't make it,” senior Kinsey Gardner tells.
Another teacher, Cindy Geyer, has the two way tardy policy requiring students to be seated when the bell rings to not be counted tardy.
Like both Gossett and Geyer, some teachers are very strict with tardies; however, other teachers are more laid back.
“I've had teachers all through high school that never have given me a tardy even if I'm obviously late,” senior Eli Pepper says.
Some students boast about not getting caught when they're late. This in return can frustrate teachers.
“Sometimes the tardies are not as demanding as other things,” Thomas responds. “When teachers do e-mail us and say, '[someone] has been late to my class for 13 days, please do something,' we will discipline [them] appropriately.”
Students sometimes feel that administrators and teachers are out to get them which is not the case.
“We're assuming you're doing the right thing. We're not out looking for you to do bad stuff; however, if it comes across our e-mail we have to attend to it,” Thomas explains.
The most common act of defiance at Germantown High among students is their lack of following the tardy policy. The tardy policy at GHS states that when a student receives three tardies to a class during any quarter, the student is called into an administrator's office. After the first three tardies, it only takes one more tardy to the same class for the student to be recalled to the office. Listed below are the consequences:
1st Offense: Overnight
2nd Offense: Cafeteria Duty for a week
3rd Offense: ISS
4th Offense: ISS
5th Offense: 3 days OSS
Although teachers are required to hand out tardies to late students, it still is at the teacher's discretion whether those tardies will be given.
“If they're not concerned about it, I'm not going to chase down a teacher,” assistant principal Nelba Thomas states.
Some teachers like Sophia Gossett are stricter with their tardies. Having two doors that you must walk through to enter the classroom, she requires that the student is through both doors to be counted on time.
“My junior year, I always ran to try and make it through both doors and suffered the consequence of a tardy when I didn't make it,” senior Kinsey Gardner tells.
Another teacher, Cindy Geyer, has the two way tardy policy requiring students to be seated when the bell rings to not be counted tardy.
Like both Gossett and Geyer, some teachers are very strict with tardies; however, other teachers are more laid back.
“I've had teachers all through high school that never have given me a tardy even if I'm obviously late,” senior Eli Pepper says.
Some students boast about not getting caught when they're late. This in return can frustrate teachers.
“Sometimes the tardies are not as demanding as other things,” Thomas responds. “When teachers do e-mail us and say, '[someone] has been late to my class for 13 days, please do something,' we will discipline [them] appropriately.”
Students sometimes feel that administrators and teachers are out to get them which is not the case.
“We're assuming you're doing the right thing. We're not out looking for you to do bad stuff; however, if it comes across our e-mail we have to attend to it,” Thomas explains.