Attendance after lunch

[Anonymous]

Can a principal prevent a student from entering a school during the lunch period and afterwards? I heard our principal is doing this now at our HS but I can’t find it anywhere in the MCPS attendance policy

[Anonymous]

Never heard of that. Sounds bizarre. Is the issue kids going off campus when they aren't supposed to?

[Anonymous]

Instead of reporting to office first because they were out in the morning and it’s a mid-day arrival?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of that. Sounds bizarre. Is the issue kids going off campus when they aren't supposed to?

Probably this.

[Anonymous]

At our HS, students now need to show their student ID when they return from lunch as a safety measure (open campus).

[Anonymous]

I plan to bring it up at PTSA. My DC told me that her friends that show up late to school after lunch are being told to just go home because their “attendance doesn’t count if they miss 50% of the day” They weren’t leaving campus and coming back, just late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I plan to bring it up at PTSA. My DC told me that her friends that show up late to school after lunch are being told to just go home because their “attendance doesn’t count if they miss 50% of the day” They weren’t leaving campus and coming back, just late.

How are they so late that they’re showing up to school at lunch? That sounds reasonable to you?

[Anonymous]

I have not heard of administrators saying they are not allowed back in the building. I have heard administrators saying that everyone needs to go through the front doors by the main office in order to ensure student safety. They do not want students to let in people who do not belong in the school. This upsets some students who are sneaking back after leaving a school with a closed lunch and arriving after the next class started. The students then complain that they are "not allowed back in school" which is not an accurate representation of the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not heard of administrators saying they are not allowed back in the building. I have heard administrators saying that everyone needs to go through the front doors by the main office in order to ensure student safety. They do not want students to let in people who do not belong in the school. This upsets some students who are sneaking back after leaving a school with a closed lunch and arriving after the next class started. The students then complain that they are "not allowed back in school" which is not an accurate representation of the situation.

+1 This is exactly what is happening I'm sure (MCPS teacher)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not heard of administrators saying they are not allowed back in the building. I have heard administrators saying that everyone needs to go through the front doors by the main office in order to ensure student safety. They do not want students to let in people who do not belong in the school. This upsets some students who are sneaking back after leaving a school with a closed lunch and arriving after the next class started. The students then complain that they are "not allowed back in school" which is not an accurate representation of the situation.

This sounds exactly like the truth. Teenagers love to twist a tale and make themselves the victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I plan to bring it up at PTSA. My DC told me that her friends that show up late to school after lunch are being told to just go home because their “attendance doesn’t count if they miss 50% of the day” They weren’t leaving campus and coming back, just late.

This doesn't make sense to me. If a student had a doctor appointment all morning, they would be excused all morning and attend school all afternoon. If your DC's friends skip school all morning, they can be unexcused all morning and still attend school all afternoon. And if they skipped so much school that they can't be counted as present for the day in the attendance system, this shouldn't preclude them from going to afternoon classes.