Letting this crap fall through the cracks is a slippery slope. Sounds like the schools and the parents are failing.

Well WTF is going on at that school that you didn't receive a phone call after 3?

When we were growing up, a handful of tardies added up to 1 unexcused absence. Get enough of those and you fail the class. Is this why millenials can't be bothered to show up to work on time? Absolutely ridiculous the way kids are coddled.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yeah, my kid's grades are fine, so I guess I will let it go. He has to take a city bus and they can be a bit hit and miss which makes being punctual more challenging.

This seems like a very lax attitude. Maybe I was a hard a$$, but my kid commuted to JR from east of the river and took a bus to the train. The commute was over an hour long, but I made sure my kid left in plenty of time to be on time. Being late to school is very disruptive to the teacher/class, but also it's a horrible start to the day. Imagine walking into your workplace late every day. Yes, there will be a few here and there when taking public transportation, but 45 is excessive.

And before anyone comments, yes, my kid went to JR. He got into Hardy through the lottery; we were very lucky. When he first started, it was still Wilson, but by the time he graduated, it was JR.

Anonymous wrote:This is a parenting issue! What are you going to do about it but complain online.

One of the PP’s essentially said they don’t care because the school doesn’t impose consequences. Which explains a lot about teaching in DC right now. Parents are unwilling to impose consequences, they want school to handle it.

Or, leave your phone at home. That might motivate your child OP.

45 tardies means your kid needs to leave earlier and get in line earlier for security and phone pouch. It’s a life skill. Imagine strolling in late for a summer job every day. The kid would be fired.

Why don’t you hold your kids accountable? I think being on time for appointments, class, professional obligations is an important life skill. I understand a few tardies but 45 seems like your kid just doesn’t care.

This is a parenting issue! What are you going to do about it but complain online.

Why doesn't the principal say something to parents?

Teacher here: first period tardies are the bane of my existence. It makes it really hard to get class started effectively. Kids arrive to school 5-10 min before the first period bell and then blame the line for being late. I tell students they need to plan to arrive at the school about 30 minutes before the start of 1st period. Tardiness is contagious because the kids who do come on time see how many others don’t. Then teachers often adjust the lesson because even if you want to it is next to impossible to start class with 4 kids there and then just keep going uninterrupted as kids trickle in over the next 30 minutes.

OP here. Yeah, my kid's grades are fine, so I guess I will let it go. He has to take a city bus and they can be a bit hit and miss which makes being punctual more challenging.

DC missed 30+ days of high school each year. He had maybe 10 tardies. He graduated just fine and started college with 30 credits. College is easy and boring according to DC.

My kid, who is not exactly a stellar student, has 3 tardies so far this year. It’s certainly possible to be on time.

This was pretty common even before the Yondr pouches. There just was no enforcement of being on time so my kid strolled in late pretty much every day last year. Drove me nuts but the school imposed no consequences.

Time for you to drop it and let the kid navigate this themselves.

Yes, my kid has 45 tardies this year at Jackson Reed.

He tells me this is perfectly normal because it takes so long for kids to get into the building now because of the Yondr phone pouches.

He says *everybody* is late to their first class and even teachers don't bother to arrive on time (yet somehow they manage to record his tardies).

He makes it sound like there is no point in getting their on time because the classroom will be empty and there will be nothing to do.

Other parents, are your kids late all the time too? Should I make him start taking an earlier bus, or just drop it?